1.4 Rights In Context Flashcards
What year was the Magna Carter introduced?
1215
What year was the bill of rights?
1689
What year was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) signed and when did it come into effect
1951 and 1953
When did the European Court of Justice get put in use?
1973
When was the Data Protection Act Passed
1984
When was the Human Rights Act Passed
1998
When was the equality act passed?
2010
What did the Magna carter do?
Placed restriction on the monarchy to stop them abusing their powers
What did the bill of rights do?
.Placed more limits on what the monarchy could do
.Introduced rights to parliament such as free elections and parliamentary free speech
What did the ECHR do?
It made it so all UK government action must be compliant to the ECHR standards
What did the European Court of Justice introduction do?
Protected the rights of UK workers
What did the data protection act do?
Protected the personal information that public organisations could hold on the public
What did the Human Rights Act (1998) do?
Made the ECHR codified into British Law
What did the equality act do?
Brought into place anti-discrimination measures into a single document, protecting workers and the general public from discrimination
