Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the book -- PART I HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM -- Chapter 2. Personal Freedom and Human Rights Law -- Introduction -- Different Conceptions of Freedom -- Human Rights -- Human Dignity and Human Rights -- International Human Rights Legal Protection of a Right to Personhood? -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3. The European Convention on Human Rights and Personhood -- Introduction -- Interpretative Principles -- Proportionality and Balancing -- Margin of Appreciation -- Positive Obligations -- Conclusions -- PART II PRIVACY AND PERSONAL AUTONOMY AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- Chapter 4. From Privacy to Personal Autonomy -- Introduction -- Definitions of Privacy -- Privacy and the ECHR: An Introduction -- Personal Autonomy and Critiques -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5. The ECtHR's Development of Respect for Private Life into a Real Right to Personal Autonomy -- Introduction -- Relationships with Other Human Beings -- Surveillance -- Relationships with the "Outside World" -- Conclusions -- PART III PERSONAL IDENTITY AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- Chapter 6. Personal Identity Defi nitions -- Introduction -- Personal Identity -- Self-Determination and Self-Realisation -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Sexual Identity -- Introduction -- Homosexuality -- Group Homosexual Sex -- Family Matters -- The Military -- Transsexualism -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8. Identity and Access to Information Important to One's Identity -- Introduction -- Access to Information about One's Childhood -- Access to Information about One's Origins -- Essence and Existence -- Conclusions -- Chapter 9. Religious Identity -- Introduction -- The Islamic Headscarf Cases at the ECtHR -- Gender Equality, Identity and Choices -- Religious Symbols and Identity -- Conclusions -- PART IV PERSONAL INTEGRITY.

Chapter 10. Bodily and Moral Integrity Rights -- Introduction -- Unwanted Intrusions -- Physical Abuse -- Treatment of the Disabled -- Medical Interventions -- Mental Health -- Pregnancy, Abortion, Giving Birth and Parenthood -- Dying -- Conclusions -- Chapter 11. Conclusion to the book -- Bibliography -- Index.