Human rights p2

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Evolution of rights in the UK
MANGA CARTA 1215
- HABEAS CORPUS ACT 1679
  - ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
    - SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975
      - RACE AND RELATIONS ACT 1976
        DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1995
        HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
        THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
        THE EQUALITY ACT 2010
        bought together 116 peices of legislation to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality
        
        allows public to access government information on the grounds the information doesn't risk public safety
        
        Uk citizens could take human right court cases to a court in the uk and not have to travel to European court in Strasbourg
        
        Made discrimination of disability illegal in key areas of life like employment, education and transport
      - Made gender based discrimination illeagal in the area of employers, education and provision of goods and services
    - limited the power of the monarch and set out the rights of parliament. it included freedom to petition the monarch and the freedom from unfair and cruel punishments
  - This made sure that every arrested and detain person had the right to a fair trial to prove their arrest was justified
- This English charter acknowledged that the laws should apply to the king and queen, it gave the right to trial by jury of peers
removed any previous racist laws and made racism illegal in employment, training education and housing

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