This article looks at the history and impact of the European ConveATH SmithCriminal law review (London, England)Smith ATH, `The Human Rights Act 1998: Part 1: The Human Rights Act and the Criminal Lawyer: The Constitutional Context' [1999] Crim LR 251...
The Human Rights Act: Principle and Practice This article is a substantially abridged version of a lecture delivered by Lord Irvine at Durham University and published in Public Law in the summer of 2003. It appears here with the kind permission of Sweet and Maxwell....
Human Rights and Memory All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Thus states Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human ... D Levy - 《Pennsylvania Univers...
In 1998, the Human Rights Act (HRA),1which incorporated the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) into British law, was passed by the United Kingdom Parliament, giving British citizens a form of protection taken for granted in virtually every Commonwealth country and Western democracy (Dyer...
The discussion of 'women's rights' is often subsumed into the broader consideration of 'Human Rights,' but when it comes to understanding the experiences of the world's most vulnerable people — refugees — the issue of gender cannot be...Read Article » ...
Article 1 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” I believe that with the collective efforts of all...
Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides that everyone has the (qualified) right to freedom of expression, which includes the freedom to receive and impart information. And section 12(4) of the Human Rights Act 1998 requires a court: i) to have regard to the importance...
Yesterday, Frances Lawrence spoke about the plague of knife crime, trying to come to terms with her husband's death and how Chindamo had used the Human Rights Act to his benefit. "In Article 2 of the Human Rights Act my husband had the right to life," she told Radio 4's Today pr...
One of Canada’s central rights documents is theCanadian Human Rights Act, which protects Canadians’ against discriminated against in areas of federal jurisdiction. This article presents the purpose and history of theAct, and provides an overview of its key provisions, application and administration...
In the UK, children and young people are afforded protection by two important pieces of legislation: the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Act 1998. There have been plentiful and varied challenges involving children and young people, in particular under Article 8 of...