Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 59 minutes ago
This video looks at human rights protection in the UK. Before 1998, human rights were protected by the ECHR which was enacted in 1953. This video will look at the ECHR, its effect in the UK and other Council of Europe countries and the different ways of enforcing these rights (European Court of Human Rights). Human rights were then 'brought home' in the Human Rights Act 1998. This video will look at the Human Rights Act in depth, and how it has been structured to maintain parliamentary sovereignty. It will also look at a potential repeal of the Human Rights Act, with the alternative of a British Bill of Rights. This is due to perceptions that it undermines parliamentary sovereignty and lessens the power of the courts. Examples include the case of Hirst v United Kingdom (2005).
This video looks at human rights protection in the UK. Before 1998, human rights were protected by the ECHR which was enacted in 1953. This video will look at the ECHR, its effect in the UK and other Council of Europe countries and the different ways of enforcing these rights (European Court of Human Rights). Human rights were then 'brought home' in the Human Rights Act 1998. This video will look at the Human Rights Act in depth, and how it has been structured to maintain parliamentary sovereignty. It will also look at a potential repeal of the Human Rights Act, with the alternative of a British Bill of Rights. This is due to perceptions that it undermines parliamentary sovereignty and lessens the power of the courts. Examples include the case of Hirst v United Kingdom (2005).
