1. The UK and the Human Rights Act
The United Kingdom (UK) introduced human rights in the domestic courts through the passing of the Human Rights Act (HRA) of 1998. ... There has always been a tension between the enforcement and protection of a fundamental human right as opposed to the maintenance of the constitutional doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty. ... Furthermore, another area of tension was in the rise of counter-terrorism laws which breached the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). ... This is an attestation of the high standards Parliament has to meet in order for their decision to be compatible with human r...
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