Why we need human rights (5) - Cases since 1975 - Interesting links

Human Rights within the UK are now well and truly on the political agenda.  In four recent posts, I have looked at some situations where human rights law has undoubtedly been at the forefront of improvements to our domestic law.

A Research Briefing issued by Parliament on 22nd May contains a summary of human rights cases involving the UK since 1975.  It makes for interesting reading.  The cases are divided into two time periods: 1975-2000 and 2001 to the present day.  The Human Rights Act 1998 came into force on 2nd October 2000.

Parliament - Research Briefing - Paper No. 05611 (22nd May 2015)

Previous posts:


Why we need human rights (1) - 17 year olds and the law
Why we need human rights (2) - Right to Life
Why we need human rights (3) - Mental health
Why we need human rights (4) - Gender, Civil Partnerships and Same sex marriage

The following Tweets are of interest:

Here's my @cambridgelaw Law in Focus video about the proposal to repeal the Human Rights Act http://t.co/Ie5byl5XgB

— Mark Elliott (@DrMarkElliott) May 22, 2015

Gove determined to scrap the #HumanRightsAct - even if it means allowing Scotland to retain it. http://t.co/jARYGtdi4a

— Shoaib M Khan (@ShoaibMKhan) May 30, 2015

UK should repeal HRA, withdraw from ECHR and ECtHR's jurisdiction: by Nick Timothy, ex Chief of Staff to Theresa May. http://t.co/COOaXyobGE

— Shoaib M Khan (@ShoaibMKhan) May 30, 2015

Can't understand why so many oppose replacing #HRA with a #BBoR ? Read our policy briefing http://t.co/uDYl8RogHW #Together4HumanRights

— BIHR (@BIHRhumanrights) May 31, 2015