Rights in the UK
Rights in the UK - sentence stems
6 point and counter pairs, one per theme. The opening lines that lock a balanced paragraph.
How to use these. Each pair is the opening line for a balanced paragraph - a Point and a Counter on the same theme. Read both halves aloud, then cover one side and recall it. Every body paragraph should carry both before its interim judgement.
Rights protected
Point - the case for
Equality Act (2010) supports this: A unified anti-discrimination framework across nine protected characteristics.
Counter - the case against
But Public Order Act (2023) cuts the other way: Protest tactics criminalised - locking on and slow walking among them.
Courts effective
Point - the case for
Belmarsh (2004) supports this: The strongest declaration of incompatibility ever issued.
Counter - the case against
But Hirst v UK (2005) cuts the other way: Strasbourg ruled; the UK delayed compliance for over a decade.
Parliament the protector
Point - the case for
Human Rights Act (1998) supports this: Rights came from an Act of Parliament - the protector case's first exhibit.
Counter - the case against
But Rwanda ruling (2023) cuts the other way: Parliament's response went the other way.
Parliament the threat
Point - the case for
Hirst v UK (2005) supports this: Parliament defied a rights ruling for a decade and conceded only narrow changes.
Counter - the case against
But Human Rights Act (1998) cuts the other way: The threat is latent: repealable, and the 2022 Bill of Rights Bill tried.
Executive constrained
Point - the case for
Belmarsh (2004) supports this: The executive's flagship anti-terror policy was checked.
Counter - the case against
But Public Order Act (2023) cuts the other way: Extended executive reach over protest policing.
Convention mattered
Point - the case for
Human Rights Act (1998) supports this: The Act is the Convention brought home.
Counter - the case against
But Hirst v UK (2005) cuts the other way: The limit case: a finding without an enforcement mechanism.