Your Rights

Description

This is the eighth edition of the successful civil liberties guide Your Rights.



Now expanded and extended in scope to include all new legislation that has come into force since the last edition was published in 2000, this book includes, a new introduction covering the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights and a new chapter on the Rights of the Bereaved. In addition to, updated and expanded chapters on the rights of suspects, rights of defendants, rights of prisoners, rights of immigrants and the rights of families and children.



Written by leading lawyers and campaigners at Liberty, this is the ultimate reference handbook for specialists and general readers alike.
Introduction

Foreword

1. The Human Rights Act 1998: An Overview

2. How to Get Redress

3. The Right to Privacy

4. The Right to Know

5. The Rights of Suspects

6. The Rights of Defendants

7. The Rights of Prisoners

8. The Right of Peaceful Protest

9. The Right of Free Expression

10. The Right to Receive Equal Treatment

11. The Rights of Immigrants

12. The Rights of People Detained Under the Mental Health Act 1983

13. The Rights of Children and Young People

14. The Rights of Workers

15. The Law Relating to Gypsies and Travellers

16. The Rights of the Bereaved

17. Accessing UK Legal Resources

Sujets

• Human Rights
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Droit et juridique
• Law
• International

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 janvier 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781849644679
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Your Rights

Edited by Megan Addis and Penelope Morrow

YOUR RIGHTS The Liberty Guide to Human Rights

Eighth Edition

with P PlutoPress LONDON • ANN ARBOR, MI

Eighth edition published 2005 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106

www.plutobooks.com

Previous editions published 1972, 1973, 1978, 1989 by Penguin; and 1994, 1998, 2000 by Pluto Press

Copyright © 2005 Liberty (National Council for Civil Liberties)

The right of the contributors to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Contents

List of contributors Foreword by Shami Chakrabarti Introduction

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The Human Rights Act 1998: An Overview 1.1 The European Convention on Human Rights 1.2 How does the Human Rights Act 1998 work? 1.3 The Convention rights 1.4 Taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights

How to Get Redress 2.1 Civil action and judicial review 2.2 Central government 2.3 Local government 2.4 Health services 2.5 Community care and benefits entitlement 2.6 The police 2.7 Courts and legal services 2.8 Financial professions 2.9 The media 2.10 Public utilities 2.11 Compensation for the victims of crime 2.12 Miscellaneous complaints

The Right to Privacy 3.1 Article 8 – the right to respect for private and family life,  home and correspondence 3.2 Confidential information 3.3 Spent convictions and rehabilitation of offenders 3.4 Telephone tapping and interception of communications 3.5 Surveillance and undercover human intelligence sources 3.6 Other types of surveillance 3.7 Investigation of electronic data protected by encryption 3.8 Use of photographs, fingerprints, DNA samples and other  samples taken at police stations 3.9 Harassment, unwanted letters and telephone calls 3.10 Power of officials to enter your home 3.11 Searches by Customs and Excise officials 3.12 Gender identity and sexuality 3.13 Privacy and the media 3.14 Further information

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vi CONTENTS Right to Know4 The  4.1 Subject access under the Data Protection Act  4.2 DPA exemptions  4.3 Health records  4.4 Social work records  4.5 Education records  4.6 Housing records  4.7 Credit reference agency records  4.8 Other data protection rights  4.9 Enforcing the DPA  4.10 Government and public sector information  4.11 Environmental information  4.12 Further information

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The Rights of Suspects 5.1 Overview of police powers and the rights of suspects 5.2 Police powers to stop and search persons and vehicles  (without arrest) 5.3 Police powers to search premises 5.4 Police powers of arrest 5.5 The rights of suspects in the police station 5.6 Antiterrorism powers 5.7 Further information

The Rights of Defendants 6.1 Prosecution 6.2 Bail 6.3 Representation and funding 6.4 Venue 6.5 Trial 6.6 Sentence 6.7 Appeals 6.8 The Criminal Cases Review Commission 6.9 The European Convention on Human Rights 6.10 Further information

The Rights of Prisoners 7.1 The basic rights of prisoners 7.2 Reception 7.3 Complaints and requests to the Prisons Ombudsman 7.4 Legal proceedings in court 7.5 Access to lawyers 7.6 Visits, letters and telephones 7.7 Marriage and family 7.8 Access to prison records 7.9 Classification, categorisation and allocation 7.10 Discipline, adjudication and punishment 7.11 Medical treatment

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Work, exercise and education Parole Tariff or minimum term Further information

CONTENTS vii 151 152 156 158

The Right of Peaceful Protest 160 8.1 The historic right of peaceful protest 160 8.2 Where to find the law 162 8.3 Marches 163 8.4 Static demonstrations, rallies and assemblies 165 8.5 Meetings 167 8.6 Picketing 168 8.7 Using the highway 169 8.8 Street collections, leafleting, petitions, posters and newspapers 170 8.9 Byelaws 170 8.10 Other police powers to restrict protest 171 8.11 In practice – organising a protest action 173 8.12 Dealing with the police 176 8.13 Challenging police decisions 177 8.14 Supporting people arrested at the protest 178 8.15 Public order offences 182 8.16 Serious offences of violence 182 8.17 Less serious offences 184 8.18 Further information 189

The Right of Free Expression 9.1 The European Convention on Human Rights 9.2 Defamation 9.3 Copyright and allied property rights 9.4 Criminal law restrictions on freedom of expression 9.5 Contempt of court 9.6 Controls on broadcasting, films, videos and cable 9.7 Further information

The Right to Receive Equal Treatment 10.1 UK law on equality and discrimination 10.2 Race discrimination 10.3 Religious discrimination 10.4 Sex discrimination 10.5 Sexual orientation and transgender discrimination 10.6 Disability discrimination 10.7 Further information

The Rights of Immigrants 11.1 The framework of immigration control 11.2 Persons who are subject to immigration control 11.3 European Union Nationals and European Union  Association Agreements

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viii CONTENTS  11.4 Persons subject to domestic immigration control  11.5 Refugees  11.6 The European Convention on Human Rights  11.7 British nationality  11.8 Future developments  11.9 Further information

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The Rights of People Detained under the M Act 1983 12.1 The definition of ‘mental disorder’ 12.2 Informal admission to hospital 12.3 Compulsory admission to hospital 12.4 The Nearest Relative 12.5 Compulsory treatment 12.6 Discharge from hospital 12.7 Rights in hospital 12.8 Powers in the community 12.9 Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 12.10 Further information

The Rights of Children and Young People 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Parental responsibility 13.3 Children involved in the separation or divorce of their parents 13.4 Children involved with social services departments 13.5 Adoption 13.6 Young offenders 13.7 Child witnesses 13.8 Education 13.9 Money, financial support and benefits 13.10 Citizenship, nationality and refugees 13.11 Travelling and leaving the country 13.12 Further information

The Rights of Workers 14.1 Contracts of employment 14.2 Part time working and fixed term contracts 14.3 Equal pay 14.4 Rights arising on pregnancy 14.5 Parental leave 14.6 Time off to care for dependants 14.7 Health, safety, sickness and disability 14.8 Drug taking and drinking 14.9 Claims 14.10 Dismissal 14.11 Redundancy 14.12 Whistleblowers 14.13 Unions

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Industrial action The European Convention on Human Rights Further information

The Rights of Gypsies and Travellers 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Definitions of ‘Gypsy’ and ‘Traveller’ 15.3 Planning permission for caravan sites 15.4 Eviction 15.5 Homelessness 15.6 Racism and discrimination 15.7 The right to healthcare 15.8 The right to education 15.9 Gypsies and Travellers and the media 15.10 Future developments 15.11 Further information

The Rights of the Bereaved 16.1 The rights over a dead body 16.2 Formalities after death 16.3 State investigations into a death 16.4 Remedies 16.5 Further information

Accessing UK Legal Resources Index

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