Rights in context (Edexcel A-Level Politics): Flashcards
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Civil liberties
Civil liberties
Rights & freedoms protecting citizens from unfair state/govt treatment
Civil rights
Civil rights
Rights govt actively protects & ensures for citizens
Magna Carta year & effect
Magna Carta year & effect
1215; decreased power of the monarch
Human Rights Act 1998 came into effect
Human Rights Act 1998 came into effect
2000
HRA 1998 incorporates into UK law
HRA 1998 incorporates into UK law
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
'Reading down' under HRA
'Reading down' under HRA
Interpreting laws to be compatible with ECHR rights
Freedom of Information Act year
Freedom of Information Act year
2000
FOIA response time for public authorities
FOIA response time for public authorities
20 working days
MPs' expenses scandal year (via FOIA)
MPs' expenses scandal year (via FOIA)
2009
Equality Act 2010 purpose
Equality Act 2010 purpose
Consolidates anti-discrimination laws into single framework
Protected characteristics (Equality Act)
Protected characteristics (Equality Act)
Age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc.
Direct discrimination
Direct discrimination
Treating someone less favourably due to protected characteristic
Indirect discrimination
Indirect discrimination
Policy applying to all that disadvantages protected group
Article 2 of ECHR
Article 2 of ECHR
Right to life
Article 3 of ECHR
Article 3 of ECHR
Prohibition of torture