The document discusses the impact of Articles 2 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on police powers in the United Kingdom following the enactment of the ECHR in 1950 and the Human Rights Act 1998. It outlines that the collective impact of these laws and the influx of rights they introduced must be analyzed to determine if they have been upheld as originally intended by the Convention and whether they have affected human rights, police powers, and public awareness. Relevant case law will be examined and the views of the judiciary considered to illustrate the most pertinent and impactful articles.