HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights



Human Rights

Introduction

In general, rights refer to as things which are permissible which the government as well as the people around also accepts. The basic right every individual has being a human, which can be neither created nor destroyed by the government of any state refers to as human rights. These rights generally have a concern with matters such as, freedom of life, privacy, freedom of thoughts and expressions and so forth. In United Kingdom, the prevailing law and European legislation accepts human rights as a result of pervious issues of racial and religious discrimination, which also took place in the recent years (Redman and Whalen, 1998, pp. 10-11).

Human Rights Act of 1998

The Human Right Act of 1988 is a parliamentarian action of the United Kingdom which was formally approved by the monarch authority in November, 1998 coming into effect from October, 2000. It helps the citizen in carrying out their basic human rights, the rights which not only have an impact on the issues of life or death, but also the everyday rights of an individual, as in the rights of having a fair trial, the rights of belief and so on. If, in case, a breach of any of these rights arises, people do not need to the European Court of Human Rights. The rights in this act limit to ascertain that they are not causing any damage to the rights of other people. Nevertheless, limits on certain rights are inapplicable. It is the duty of every citizen to respect the rights of other people; similarly, it is also necessary for them to respect yours. The Human Rights act of 1998 enlists an entire range of rights amongst which, a few are as follows:

1.Rights of life.

2.The right to a fair trial.

3.Freedom of expression.

4.The right to respect privacy and family life of an individual.

Discussion and Analysis

The Human Rights acts of 1998 have different articles, each representing a separate right. The articles related to the human rights of privacy and family is as follows:

Human Rights Act for Privacy

In English law, there exists no general right to privacy, however, the current article on privacy, available in the Human Rights Act 1998 is a combination of different sets of rights. The article 8 of the Human Rights Act of 1998, states that:

1. “Everyone has the right for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence”.

2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others (BBC News, 2000).

With respect to the article 8.1, people residing inside the United Kingdom have full rights to live their life with privacy. No individual is allowed to interfere in the life ...