The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is attracting ever more of my attention. In addition to my own legal problems in Croatia, the court itself is of real interest to me. Having been a dissident all my life, the very notion of human rights is quite central to me. The founding document underlying all activities of the court in Strasbourg is the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which started its life in 1950, but was amended many times since. The key to this document is its first section, which delineates in separate articles all the rights that concern this particular court. And here they are in full: right to life; prohibition of torture; prohibition of slavery and forced labor; right to liberty and security; right to a fair trial; no punishment without law; right to respect for private and family life; freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; freedom of expression; freedom of assembly and association; right to marry; right to an effective remedy; prohibition of discrimination; derogation in time of emergency; restrictions on political activity of aliens; prohibition of abuse of rights; and limitation on use of restrictions on rights. So, there are human rights galore. It took me a while to identify the articles of special interest in my own case, but freedoms of thought and expression are surely central to my appeal, if and when needed. At any rate, the array of all the other rights listed in the convention started me thinking. It appears that dissidents have it kind of easy nowadays. Which leaves me crestfallen.