7.) Individual and Collective Rights Flashcards
What’s an individual right?
Rights held by an individual citizen
Name an individual right?
The right to a fair trial
What are collective rights?
Those held by groups organised by various characteristics
What happened during the Ashers Baking Company case?
Christian couple refused to bake a cake with pro-LGBT messaging
What did the Supreme Court rule in October 2018?
The bakers weren’t guilty of discrimination, as the cake wasn’t baked because of the messaging, not because of the customers’ sexuality
What is this an example of?
The individual right to free speech vs the collective right to service
What is an example of legislation causing a collective vs individual clash?
The Female Genital Mutilation Act (2003)
What rights clash because of the FGMA?
The rights of the child to be protected vs the collective right to practice traditions
When have individuals’ rights clashed with those of other individuals and collective rights simultaneously?
The 2016 Uber Drivers case
What happened in the Uber Drivers case?
Two Uber drivers sued arguing they were owed employment rights and weren’t self employed like Uber claimed
Why did some other drivers oppose them?
They preferred the flexibility of being self employed
What was ruled in the end?
The two Uber drivers won at the expense of Uber and the opposing Uber drivers
