Human Rights Act 1998
The law that brought European human rights into UK courts
Real World
In 2011, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Hirst v UK that the blanket ban on prisoner voting breached the ECHR, yet the UK Parliament refused to change the law, highlighting tensions between the HRA and parliamentary sovereignty.
Exam Focus
Distinguish between the HRA (UK law) and the ECHR (international treaty) — confusing them is a common error that loses marks.
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