Self and Society - Citizenship Studies GCSE Fairness and Justice

Can I Do What I Want With My Body?

Human Right:

• Have a tattoo or piercing.
• Have sex
• Believe what you want. - Wear a t-shirt with a slogan that proclaims your beliefs.
• Travel where you want.
• Read/write what you want.

Legal/Civil Right:

• Smoke
• Drink alcohol
• Have a tattoo or piercing
• Have sex

(Continuation)

• Believe what you want.

What is a....

Human Right?

This is something fundamental or necessary to human flourishing.

Legal/Civil Right?

This is a right given by the law or rulers/governers of a society.

1946:

 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1950:

European Convention On Human Rights

1981:

European Convention on Children's Rights

2000:

UK Human Rights Act

• The right to education
• The right to work
• The right to fair considtions at work
• The right to travel
• The right to food and clothes
• The right to healthcare
• The right to meet with friends
• The right to own property
• The right to follow your religion
• The right to marry and have children
• The rights of minorities to be treated the same as majority
• The right to life
• The right to freedom
• The right to privacy
• The right to a fair trial
• The right not to be tortured or punished cruelly
• The right to vote.

There are 16 BASIC Human Rights in the Human Rights Act

• Article 2: Everyone has a right to life, and the right to have their life protected by the law.
• Article 3: No one shall be tortured or recieve inhuman or degrading treatment.
• Artical 4: No one shall be held in slavery or forced to work.
• Article 5: Everyone has the right to liberty and security.
• Article 6: Everyone who is charged with an offence is entitled to a fair trial, which should be in public unless this would not be in the interests of justice.
• Article 7: No one may be punished for something that was not a crime when it was committed.
• Article 8: Everyone has a right to have their family, private life and correspondence respected.
• Article 9: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
• Article 10: Everyone has the right to freedom of expression.

• Article 11: Everyone has the right to freedom of assembly and association.
• Article 12: Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and have a family.
• Protocol 1, Aritcle 1: Everyone has the right to peacefully enjoy their possessions.
• Protocol 1, article 2: Everyone has a right to education.
• Article 14: There rights should be available to all citizens, without discrimination.