Human rights

• Human Rights Act

  The Human Rights Act 1998 is an important and wide-ranging law that affects many parts of our lives. This leaflet explains what the Act says and how it works.

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Information and advice from other websites

• How do human rights work?

  Explains the law that sets out human rights, who it applies to and how human rights can be restricted.

  From: Equality and Human Rights Commission

• Using your human rights

  Information on what to do if you feel your human rights have been breached.

  From: Equality and Human Rights Commission

• Ours to own: understanding human rights (PDF)

  This guide is designed to look atwhat human rightsmean in the context of everyday life, howthey have affected real people and why they are therefore so important.

  From: Equality and Human Rights Commission

• Human Rights

  An overview of the Human Rights Act and how it can be used. Focuses particularly on how the Human Rights Act may be able to be used to strengthen employees rights.

  From: Thompsons Solicitors

• Ours to own: your human rights (Easy Read)

  A booklet about human rights and what they mean for you.

  From: Equality and Human Rights Commission

• Your human rights - a guide for refugees and asylum seekers

  Many situations experienced by refugees and asylum seekers involve human rights. Explains the kinds of situations where human rights may help to protect you.

  From: British Institute of Human Rights

• Your human rights - guide for older people

  Provides practical information about human rights and their relevance to older people.

  From: British Institute of Human Rights

• Your human rights - a guide for disabled people

  Information on how disabled people can use their human rights to challenge bad treatment.

  From: British Institute of Human Rights

• Your human rights - a guide for people living with mental health problems (PDF)

  Many situations experienced by people living with mental health problems involve human rights. Too often a person may not realise that they are able to do something about their situation, or even that there is something wrong with the way they are being treated. Provides practical information about how human rights can help.

  From: British Institute of Human Rights

• The Human Rights Act and mental distress

  The Human Rights Act is vital to protecting the fundamental freedoms of everyone in society. The Act is particularly important for people with experience of mental distress, who are too often denied their human rights.

  From: Mind

• You are human

  A guide explaining how people with Down's Syndrome, or people with learning disabilities, can use the Human Rights Act to obtain better services from their local councils. It explains in simple terms how people can really make a difference to their lives by using the Human Rights Act. It features real-life case studies in which the Down's Syndrome Association has successfully used human rights principles to make positive change, simple ways for people to campaign on their own behalf, and examples of ways to write to councils using human rights language.

  From: Down's Syndrome Association

• The Human Rights Act and children

  The Human Rights Act enables UK citizens, including children and young people, to seek to protect their European Convention on Human Rrights rights through UK courts.

  From: Children's Rights Alliance for England

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