Watch the video and then discuss the advice you would offer before comparing your ideas with those suggested.
Suggestions
Rights in the ECHR – Article 2 - right to life; 3 – right not to be subjected to torture or inhumane or degrading treatment; 4 – right not to be held in slavery or servitude ; 5 – right to liberty; 6 – right to a fair trial ; 7 – laws should not act retrospectively; 8 – right to privacy; 9 – freedom of religion; 10 – freedom of expression; 11- right to peaceful protest; 12 – right to marry and found a family; 13 - the country (in our case the UK) must have a court system where the person complaining about a breach of rights can have their case heard; 14 – The rights in the Convention are enjoyed free from discrimination.
New rights were added later in Protocol 1, in 1952, these include:
- Article 1 – Right to peaceful enjoyment of your possessions
- Article 2 – Right to education
- Article 3 – Right to vote
- Protocol 4 – Freedom of movement within a state and freedom to leave any country
- Protocol 6 - Abolition of the death penalty
Who can you enforce your rights against?
You can enforce the rights in the Convention only against public bodies.
What does this include?
- Government departments
- Courts
- Education authorities
- Councils
- Prisons
- Police
- NHS etc.
See Section 6 of the Human Rights Act and cases for discussion of what is a public body – Andrews v Reading BC (2005).
You sue (Civil law) for a breach of human rights.