rights Flashcards
Key sections of rights topic
Pressure groups, rights, representative and direct democracy
Difference between civil liberties and Human rights
Civil Liberties: For citizens of a particular country
Human rights: rights for everyone
Summarise Lee vs Asher bakery
lee wanted a cake for gay rights Asher bakery said no Asher bakery won right to decline customers
Summarise Ahmed Vs Treasury
Gov froze suspected terrorist’s assists, then supreme court ruled against this. So gov introduced terroist asset freezing act (2010) example of gov’s power
Summarize A vs Homesec
suspected terroists sent to Belmarsh prison to prevent them from future attacks. Comitte of lords ruled in favor of the suspects.
Summarize Steinfeild Vs Keidan
Civil partnerships were only for gay people at the time Steinfeild argued it should be for Hetro sexual couples aswell. Got approved. Example of higher court overruling lower courts decision
What is Amnesty internationals methods
Online petitions
Previous Amensty international causes
Grenfell tower inquiry, Protect human rights act, stop Saudi Arabian war
Liberty (pressure group) examples
Miners strike 1980 – campaigned on behalf of the miners who were stopped from striking
A v home sec (Belmarsh) – Liberty large role in challenging the legality of indefinite detention of suspected terrorists
Investigatory powers act 2016 – legal challenge made in 2017 by liberty saying it doesn’t comply with privacy rights under ECHR – feb 2021 sc ruled it was compatible
Amnesty (pressure group) examples
Protect HRA – Raab push for BBoR, caused amnesty to lead vigorous campaigns to protect HRA in the uk, introduced control orders
Amnesty international ‘Write for Rights’ campaign seen 3 people released from prison (innocent people imprisoned through torture) within a 4 year period of each other
Amnesty International arranged 38,000 to take part in online action and repeated calls for the international communitity to do something about China detaining Uyghur Muslims, Kazakhs and other muslims being detained - however nothing changed and china still detain these groups
What is collective rights suspension, and how was it applied during the COVID-19 lockdowns?
Collective rights, such as freedom of assembly and movement, were suspended during the COVID-19 lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus, limiting individual freedoms for public health reasons.
How did the Supreme Court rule in R v Spear regarding the ECtHR’s rulings?
The Supreme Court ruled that it was not legally obligated to follow the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), though it may consider them.
What is article 10 of the ECHR
right to freedom of expression
Southport riots 2024
Starmers gov arrested and sentenced people enciting it online argument it violates article 10
rwanda scheme
blocked by the ECHR as Rwanda deamed unsafe to send immigrants to. Sunak overided this by creating the A system and immigration act2024 undermining the SC
