Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
The aim of this essay is to discuss the development of human rights legislation and whether the Human Rights Act has helped to protect the rights of British citizens.
The general aim of this essay is to;
1) To follow the development of human rights legislation, from the end of World War 2, to the present day.
2) And how the Human Rights Act 1998, has affected the lives of British Citizens, for example recently a law allowing terror suspects to be detained for up to 90 days without charge, but this was dropped as it was deemed to breach the rights of those being detained for such a long period of time.
After World War 2, appalled by the atrocities committed during the war, The United Nations adopted the universal Declaration of Rights …show more content…
o Freedom of expression and opinion.
In 1998 The Human rights act was given royal assent. The act made the rights contained within the Universal declaration of human rights, more effective within the UK. It did this by making it unlawful for any public body to act in a way which conflicted with the declaration. As well as this it also enabled UK to have breaches of their human rights rectified within UK courts, rather then having to travel to Strasbourg, which could cost thousands of pounds.
Since the act was given royal assent, in 1998, there have been a number of cases brought to the courts where a previous court decision has come into question, as to whether it breaches the individuals Human Rights, in accordance with the 1998 Human rights …show more content…
IN the case of Anne Marie Rogers' battle to be given herceptin, without the HRA she would have had to go Strasbourg in Germany, in order to fight her case, which she could not afford, as she could not afford to fund her own herceptin treatment, she could not afford to spent as much as £30,000 on legal fees and on travel costs in order to fight her case. In the case of the 28 day terror without the HRA to enforce the articles of the Universal declaration of rights, a 90 day terror limit may have been accepted, which would violate the rights of many innocent people who were unfairly detained under suspicion of terrorism. Even though the HRA has helped people it could still be improved. For example, even though it enforces the Universal declaration of human rights, in the case that an act of parliament is not compatible with the HRA then the act can be declared incompatible with the HRA, this does not make the act invalid, although it does recognize its incompatibility with the HRA, it is still a legal parliamentary
The general aim of this essay is to;
1) To follow the development of human rights legislation, from the end of World War 2, to the present day.
2) And how the Human Rights Act 1998, has affected the lives of British Citizens, for example recently a law allowing terror suspects to be detained for up to 90 days without charge, but this was dropped as it was deemed to breach the rights of those being detained for such a long period of time.
After World War 2, appalled by the atrocities committed during the war, The United Nations adopted the universal Declaration of Rights …show more content…
o Freedom of expression and opinion.
In 1998 The Human rights act was given royal assent. The act made the rights contained within the Universal declaration of human rights, more effective within the UK. It did this by making it unlawful for any public body to act in a way which conflicted with the declaration. As well as this it also enabled UK to have breaches of their human rights rectified within UK courts, rather then having to travel to Strasbourg, which could cost thousands of pounds.
Since the act was given royal assent, in 1998, there have been a number of cases brought to the courts where a previous court decision has come into question, as to whether it breaches the individuals Human Rights, in accordance with the 1998 Human rights …show more content…
IN the case of Anne Marie Rogers' battle to be given herceptin, without the HRA she would have had to go Strasbourg in Germany, in order to fight her case, which she could not afford, as she could not afford to fund her own herceptin treatment, she could not afford to spent as much as £30,000 on legal fees and on travel costs in order to fight her case. In the case of the 28 day terror without the HRA to enforce the articles of the Universal declaration of rights, a 90 day terror limit may have been accepted, which would violate the rights of many innocent people who were unfairly detained under suspicion of terrorism. Even though the HRA has helped people it could still be improved. For example, even though it enforces the Universal declaration of human rights, in the case that an act of parliament is not compatible with the HRA then the act can be declared incompatible with the HRA, this does not make the act invalid, although it does recognize its incompatibility with the HRA, it is still a legal parliamentary