Human Rights Act 1998

Human Rights Act 1998

Introduction;

The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into British law. This means that a public authority, including government agencies, hospitals and even courts cannot act in a way which breaches those rights. The ECHR is the engine of the Human Right Act, which is the bodywork surrounding it.

The specification of Human Rights Act 1998

The UK Government firmly believes that each citizen should enjoy basic human rights - rights and a freedom to which person has the right to their daily lives. Respect for human rights forms the basis of life in the UK. The UK government, nongovernmental organizations and charities also play a crucial role in ensuring the importance of human rights around the world. The Human Rights Act 1998 defines the social, economic and partisan rights of British citizens, including:

1. Protection from crime;

2. Freedom of expression in religion and politics;

3. Protection against abuse of the system shall be entitled, such as - the arrest or imprisonment without trial;

4. Equality of rights, which guarantees non-discrimination;

5. Economic rights education and protection against extreme poverty or hunger.

The Commission for Equality and Human Rights is the principal government agency responsible for compliance with the values defined in the Human Rights Act 1998, in everyday life, in the UK, although other Government departments, and, agencies, and, local governments, also play a pivotal role in this. The Human Rights Act 1998, has an impact on own aspects of daily life, including:

1. Racial Discrimination;

2. Age discrimination;

3. Religion and belief;

4. Protecting people from discrimination based on disability;

5. Discrimination based on sex;

6. Sexual orientation.

This Act does not apply to the right to vote and the parliamentary and other elections. They are covered in other legislation and the work of the Electoral Commission, responsible for ensuring public confidence in the integrity of the democratic process in the UK.

The role of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and, the Monarch, in the making of UK legislation;

The roles of House of Common, House of Lords and Monarch in the making of UK legislation are quite high. The House of Common, elected for five years by universal, equal suffrage by secret ballot on the basis of relative majority system. Elections to the House of Commons are even common, i.e. passing simultaneously throughout the country, or intermediate, carried out, in addition to separate constituencies in, connection with the vacancy of the seats. A person wishing to stand for election to the House of Commons, must provide "an official for elections," the document on the nomination and election to make bail. Typically, these tools provide the political parties nominating candidates in electoral districts. Independent candidates are making the bail itself. If a candidate is gaining less than the statutory percentage of votes (5%), the deposit is not refundable. When all the formalities are related to registration, the candidate carries out the campaign ...