Your Rights: The Human Rights Act

The Human Rights Act 1998 (“HRA”) incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, and thereby allows us to rely on fundamental rights and freedoms in domestic court proceedings.

To find out more about the HRA, please click on the relevant link below:

The Human Rights Act 1998: An Overview
Includes a detailed explanation of how the HRA works, the rights contained in the HRA and the procedure for taking a claim.

How to determine whether a body is a public authority for the purposes of the HRA

Time limits on bringing a claim under the HRA

HRA and private parties

Events that occurred before the HRA 1998 came into force (2 October 2000)

The Equality Bill
Liberty’s briefing on the Equality Bill (June 2005)

To read a copy of the Human Rights Act 1998 please click here

To find out more about receiving training in the Human Rights Act 1998, please click here