Rights

Question 1

What are positive rights?

Answer 1

clearly given to a citizen usually in the form of a constitutional protection

Question 2

What are negative rights?

Answer 2

Not explicitly set and only exists because of an absence of any law banning them

Question 3

When and what was the Magna Carta?

Answer 3

1215 - Imposed various restrictions on the monarchy in order to prevent the arbitrary use of power by the monarch

Question 4

When and what was the Bill of Rights?

Answer 4

1689 - Imposed greater limits on the power of the monarchy and set out the rights of parliament

Question 5

When was the European Convention on Human Rights?

Answer 5

1953

Question 6

When and what was the European Court of Justice?

Answer 6

1973 - it meant that the European Court of Justice had the power to protect workers’ rights in the UK

Question 7

When and what was the Humans Rights Act?

Answer 7

1998 - INCORPORATED THE ECHR INTO UK LAW. Replaced a lot of common law and allowed citizens to access rights protection through the UK legal system

Question 8

When and what was the Freedom of Information Act?

Answer 8

2000 - Ensure political transparency by allowing citizens to access non - security related information held by public institutions

Question 9

When and what was the Equality Act?

Answer 9

2010 - Consolidated a number of other Acts into one. It consolidated all measures relating to equality

Question 10

What was the purpose behind passing the Freedom of Information Act (2000)?

Answer 10

Governments were too secretive and this took away the barrier between gov and the public

Question 11

Name the protected characteristics in law under the Equality Act

Answer 11

• age
• disability
• gender
• race
• marriage
• religion
• sexual orientation

Question 12

List the areas of public policy that the Equality Act tends to have the most influence over

Answer 12

• employment and pay
• government services
• healthcare
• housing
• education
• policy and law enforcement

Question 13

Which legislation protects free speech in the UK?

Answer 13

Humans rights act

Question 14

What type of organisation is the Free Speech Union and what is its central aim?

Answer 14

• cause pressure group
• protect the rights of individuals to express themselves freely within the law

Question 15

What was the Miller vs College of policing case?

Answer 15

Former police officer Harry Miller posted statements on twitter which regarded as transphobic. Mrs B reported it as a non - crime hate incident. Police were notified. Miller went to the High court and lost then went to the High court and won

Question 16

What does the Miller vs College case teach us about the way conflicts between rights are dealt with?

Answer 16

• very subjective, there is no line between right and wrong
• must be judged
• had 2 different judgements showing its subjectivity

Question 17

What did the police, crime, sentencing and courts act 2022 state?

Answer 17

• creating a ‘buffer zone’ around parliament
• Giving police power to impose noise-based restrictions on protest
• Criminalising one-person protest

Question 18

What is individual rights? What is a good example?

Answer 18

• Those in which the rights holder is an individual regardless of any personal characteristics.
• human rights

Question 19

Define collective right?

Answer 19

• when the ‘owner’ of the rights could be seen as a group e.g gay rights