Human Rights Obligations

Question 1

Intro (6)

Answer 1

1. S3 HRA 1998
2. ECHR; clear obligations
3. HRA objective; right things, way, reason (Greive 2007)
4. State; positive obligation to ensure ECHR rights protected
5. Essay aims to describe and explain
6. ECHR articles; 2,3,5,8,9,10,11,14,1.1

Question 2

Para 1 (5)

Answer 2

1. 2 imposes obligation to safeguard life
2. 2 (Osman v UK 98) obligation to take preventative measures to protect
3. 3 prohibits torture, inhuman, punish; Absolute right (Chahal v UK 97),
4. Relevant to excessive force of police
5. This is violation of HR & s134 CJA & s3 CLA

Question 3

Para 2 (6)

Answer 3

1. 14/3/08; compliance of police to HRA duties
2. 2 stages to measuring HRA comply
3. Development of standards
4. Process of monitoring performance
5. Performance of police as a whole, positive dialogue, not retrospective
6. Police authority regard there are other statutory bodies eg IPCC

Question 4

Conclusion (5)

Answer 4

1. Police still breach HR
2. Pearson football
3. Kettling; false imprisonment Austin
4. Unsuccessful claims
5. Fans don’t complain

Question 5

HRA 1998

Answer 5

Human Rights Act 1998

Question 6

ECHR

Answer 6

European Convention on Human Righta

Question 7

CJA 1988

Answer 7

Criminal Justice Act 1988

Question 8

CLA 1967

Answer 8

Criminal Law Act 1967

Question 9

IPCC

Answer 9

Independent Police Complaints Commission