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The Human Rights Act 1998
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The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) has incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECRH) into UK law certain rights and freedom set out in the European Convention on Human Rights such as: Right to Life (article 2), The right to liberty and security of person (article 5), The right to a fair trial (article 6), Freedom of expression (article 10) Freedom of association and assembly (article 11), Freedom from discrimination (article 13). They will therefore have an impact on areas such as criminal law, family law, housing law, employment law and education law. There are four main components to the Act. Legislation in the future, is to be read and given effect in a way that is compatible with the Convention rights taking into account the past decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. If legislation is found to be incompatible, the courts may make a declaration to that...
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