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6. Human rights and equality
6.1 What is the Human Rights Act?
The Human Rights Act 1998 brought into domestic UK law many of the rights protected by
the European Convention on Human Rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 applies to all
individuals in the UK regardless of whether or not they are UK nationals.
If you feel your rights under the Act have been violated, you can seek a remedy through the
UK courts.
6.2 What rights do I have under the Act?
Under the Human Rights Act 1998, while in the UK you have the following rights.
Everyone’s right to life is protected by law.
No one can be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
No one can be held in slavery or servitude or be required to perform forced or
compulsory labour.
Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an
independent and impartial tribunal established by law.
No one can be subject to retroactive penalties or law (meaning that you cannot be
punished for actions that were committed before a law existed that covered these
actions).
Everyone has the right to respect for his/her private and family life, home and
correspondence.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association
with others, including the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of
their interests.
Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family,
according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right.
Everybody is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his or her possessions.
No one can be denied the right to education.
There must be free elections at reasonable intervals by secret ballot, under conditions
which ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of the
legislature.
The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set out above must be secured without
discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or
other status.
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