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    Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the UK constitution...
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  • In the United States, human rights comprise a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly the...
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    The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have developed significantly...
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    The Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received royal assent on 9 November 1998, and came into force on...
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    Transgender rights in the United Kingdom have varied significantly over time, with transgender Britons facing certain social challenges not experienced...
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  • The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it...
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    Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly...
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    The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The Council...
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    The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international...
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    cameras in Scotland. Censorship in the United Kingdom Civil liberties in the United Kingdom Human rights in the United Kingdom Internet censorship in the United...
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  • Osman v United Kingdom was a case heard by the European Court of Human Rights on human rights law in the United Kingdom. Judgment was given on 28 October...
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    investigation into human trafficking by all 55 police forces of the United Kingdom failed to find a case of human trafficking. In May 2012, a cross-border...
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  • Declaration of incompatibility (category Human rights in the United Kingdom)
    incompatibility in UK constitutional law is a declaration issued by a United Kingdom judge that a statute is incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights...
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  • involving minors in the United Kingdom and its predecessors have existed since medieval times. During the 1970s, there was some political advocacy in favour of...
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  • others. The right is given in the United Kingdom by s. 1 ss. (1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), as the "right and fundamental freedom". In Article...
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  • The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider human rights...
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    The Bill of Rights Bill was a proposed Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that sought to replace the Human Rights Act 1998. It was introduced to the...
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  • Human Rights in the UAE are substantially restricted. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens don't have the right to change...
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    Human rights in the Kingdom of Denmark are protected by the state's Constitution of the Realm (Danmarks Riges Grundlov); applying equally in Denmark proper...
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  • this law in the High Court in 2017 on the grounds of human rights, claiming that the law against physician-assisted suicide in the United Kingdom interferes...
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  • applicable in UK law with the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998. Civil liberties have been gradually declining in the United Kingdom since the late 20th...
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    Bahrain's record on human rights has been described by Human Rights Watch as "dismal", and having "deteriorated sharply in the latter half of 2010". Their...
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  • belief in the sanctity of human life has ancient precedents in many religions of the world, the foundations of modern human rights began during the era of...
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    constitutional monarchy. The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany...
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  • McCann and Others v United Kingdom (21 ECHR 97 GC) is a legal case tried in 1995 before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding a purported...
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  • Human rights in Europe are generally upheld. However, several human rights infringements exist, ranging from the treatment of asylum seekers to police...
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    citizens' rights has been criticized by Iranians, international human rights activists, writers, and NGOs. While the monarchy under the rule of the shahs...
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    in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United...
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  • Human rights in Norway protect the fundamental rights of all persons within the Kingdom of Norway. These rights are safeguarded by Chapter E of the Constitution...
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  • criticism from international human rights organisations and the United Nations. Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region. Kuwait...
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