Human Rights: Protection and Reform

What Human Rights: Protection and Reform covers

Human Rights: Protection and Reform is examined in A2 Units 3 and 4 — Human Rights Law, one of three areas of which a student studies two. Unit 3 applies these rules to a scenario and Unit 4 evaluates them.. It covers how rights are protected in the United Kingdom today, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, criticisms of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the case for change, defending the Human Rights Act 1998 as it stands, the case for a United Kingdom Bill of Rights, the case against a United Kingdom Bill of Rights and reform, devolution and the United Kingdom's place in the Convention system.

The 7 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• How rights are protected in the United Kingdom todayPrinciple of legality, public sector equality duty and function of the parliamentary committee on human rights.Open →
• The Equality and Human Rights CommissionCommission's general duty, commission's specific duty in relation to human rights and unusual about the Commission's power to bring human rights proceedings.Open →
• Criticisms of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the case for changeRecall questions on the shift of power to the courts, the poor public reputation, the 2012 Commission and the 2021 review, the 2022 Bill, and proposals short of repeal.Open →
• Defending the Human Rights Act 1998 as it standsRecall questions on the constitutional balance, evidence that the courts have used their powers sparingly, everyday users and unpopular claimants, legal certainty, the devolved administrations, and international standing.Open →
• The case for a United Kingdom Bill of RightsUnited Kingdom Bill of Rights and objection to making rights conditional on responsibilities.Open →
• The case against a United Kingdom Bill of RightsRecall questions on the cost and disruption of change, the difficulty of agreeing content, the obstacle devolution and Northern Ireland present, press reporting, and adding social and economic rights.Open →
• Reform, devolution and the United Kingdom's place in the Convention systemRecall questions on consent from the devolved legislatures, the Sewel convention's enforceability, the single England and Wales jurisdiction, a separate Welsh jurisdiction, and what withdrawal from the Convention would involve.Open →

What you need to know

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

• Equality Act 2010 vs Human Rights Act 1998

  Equality Act 2010: creating free-standing protection against discrimination binding private parties as well as the state. Human Rights Act 1998: giving domestic effect to a treaty and binding only public authorities.

• Repeal vs Denunciation

  Repeal: removing the domestic route to a remedy while the international obligation continues. Denunciation: ending that obligation itself and the supervision going with it.

• Ombudsman vs Court

  Ombudsman: investigating maladministration and recommending redress without making a binding order. Court: determining legal entitlements and grants an enforceable remedy.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   Name the four main ways in which rights are protected in the United Kingdom.

   Model answer

   Through the common law, through statutes conferring particular rights, through the Human Rights Act 1998, and through political and parliamentary scrutiny of proposed legislation.

2. 2

   Which right protected at common law can be taken away only by the clearest statutory words?

   Model answer

   The right of access to a court, which the judges have treated as a constitutional right that only the clearest statutory words can take away.

3. 3

   What is the principle of legality?

   Model answer

   A court presumes that Parliament did not intend to abrogate a fundamental right, so general words in a statute will not be read as doing so unless the wording is unmistakably clear.

4. 4

   Give an example of a statutory right that does not depend on the Human Rights Act 1998.

   Model answer

   The Equality Act 2010 protects against discrimination in employment, in the provision of services and in the exercise of public functions, on grounds including race, sex, disability, religion and age.

5. 5

   What protection does the Equality Act 2010 give that Article 14 does not?

   Model answer

   It creates free-standing rights that need not be attached to any other right, and it binds private employers and service providers as well as the state.

6. 6

   What is the public sector equality duty?

   Model answer

   Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 requires a public authority exercising its functions to have due regard to eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.

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What does Human Rights: Protection and Reform cover in WJEC A-Level Law?

7 subtopics: how rights are protected in the united kingdom today, the equality and human rights commission, criticisms of the human rights act 1998 and the case for change, defending the human rights act 1998 as it stands, the case for a united kingdom bill of rights, the case against a united kingdom bill of rights and reform, devolution and the united kingdom's place in the convention system. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Human Rights: Protection and Reform organised?

By the WJEC 603-1978-1 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.