The first Founding Member (agreement pending) of The United Global Alliance For Men & Boys started in Britain, with a simple promise: no dad goes through it alone.

When separated parents don't share a faith, the court doesn't pick a religion. Article 9 protects each parent's beliefs; the child's welfare decides.

Parent and child in each other's company is "a fundamental element of family life". Article 8 says the state may step in only when it is lawful, necessary and proportionate, and must help families.

The only right in the Convention that names men and women. What Article 12 really protects, what it doesn't, and how the law recognises a father.

The state can lawfully take someone's liberty: by arrest, by court order, in care. Article 5 says when, and what safeguards must follow.

Every parent has a voice, and every child has a right to privacy. When the two collide, neither wins automatically. Article 10, the Family Court's reporting rules, and why they matter.

The right to life isn't only a ban on killing. When the authorities know a life is in danger, it obliges them to act.

Article 1 is the one right you won't find in the Human Rights Act. That's because the whole Act exists to keep it.

A daily, plain-English guide to the rights that already protect every parent and child in the Family Court, and how to use them.

The Supreme Court said a suicide risk of about 5% was "real" enough to put the right to life in play. So what does the state owe a father whose despair it already knows about?

Every right in the Convention has to be secured without discrimination. What Article 14 says, how it works, and the 2003 cases where two German fathers won.

Most rights can be balanced against other interests. Article 3 can’t. No torture, no inhuman or degrading treatment, no exceptions.

Seeing the evidence, answering it, an independent judge, and a decision in time. Article 6 promises all four, and in the Family Court delay is never neutral.