Rights in Context
- Created by: wanjikar
- Created on: 16-05-23 15:43
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- Rights in Context
- Civil Rights
- the rights guaranteed by the state
- These include:
- right to life
- freedom from discrimination
- right to exercise your vote
- right to equal treatment
- right to an education
- Civil Liberties
- the protections citizens have against the government and state
- These include
- right to trial by jury
- freedom of religious worship
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of the press
- freedom of speech
- Pressure groups
- 'Liberty'
- open membership group dedicated to
- promoting an awareness of rights
- offers support and assistance
- success
- pressured Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole council into decriminalising rough sleepers and beggars
- failure
- failed in its attempt to ban the use of facial recognition by security organisations and the Met Police
- open membership group dedicated to
- 'JUSTICE'
- An NGO of lawyers who:
- advocate for the protection of human rights
- work with the government on legal reforms
- The Data Protection Act 1998
- The Constitutional Reform Act 2005
- An NGO of lawyers who:
- 'Liberty'
- Legislation
- Magna Carta 1215
- protection against taxation without consent
- right to trial by jury
- Bill of Rights 1689
- freedom from cruel and unusual punishments and false imprisonment
- Human Rights Act 1998
- brought the ECHR into effect
- Equality Act 2010
- outlawed discrimination on the basis of gender, sexuality, ethnicity
- Magna Carta 1215
- How effectively are rights protected in the UK
- Strengths
- Strong common law tradition
- independent judiciary
- The UK is subject ot he ECHR
- Weakenesses
- common law can be vague and disputed
- Parliament is sovereign
- threat of int. terrorism
- Strengths
- Civil Rights
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