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This lesson examines the role of the judiciary in protecting human rights in the UK. The protection of rights is one of the judiciary's most important functions, and it has been significantly expanded by the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Understanding how rights are protected — and the debates around them — is essential for the Edexcel A-Level Politics specification.
The ECHR was drafted by the Council of Europe (not the European Union) in 1950, in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Holocaust. The UK played a leading role in drafting it. The Convention sets out a range of fundamental rights and freedoms:
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