Twenty years of the Human Rights Act: Extracts from the evidence

Twenty years of the Human Rights Act: Extracts from the evidence

Contents

1 ECtHR Judgments against the UK: the effects of the HRA

2 Relationship of UK Courts and ECtHR

3 Using the ECHR in the UK courts

4 Judgments on rights

5 Wider policy changes brought about through individual legal cases

6 The Human Rights Act and Parliament

7 The Human Rights Act and Legislation

Parliamentary scrutiny of legislation

The process when UK courts consider legislation is not compliant with the Convention1

8 Section 6 of the Human Rights Act1

Change secured without using court proceedings

Training in Human Rights

9 Further issues raised in evidence

Incorporation of other human rights treaties?

The definition of public authority

Access to justice

Freedom of Religion and Belief

Wider Understanding of Rights





Published: 9 November 2018