Chapter 1 Key facts checklists

Chapter 1 Key facts checklists

Introduction
  • The meaning and content of human rights is debated and challenged.
  • The development of human rights protection has been influenced by natural rights theory and challenged by other philosophies such as utilitarianism.
  • The period after the Second World War witnessed a growth in international protection for individual rights and enforcement mechanisms.
  • There are debates over different types of rights such as civil/political and social/economic rights. Should they be treated differently or are they indivisible?
  • Human rights in the UK have developed in a common law system with no codified constitution or Bill of Rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 enabled the European Convention of Human Rights to become directly enforceable in UK courts.
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