Work, Life & Health
Discover how human rights apply to employment, health, and personal wellbeing in daily life. Our articles cover workplace protections, healthcare access, and safeguarding your fundamental rights.
Human Rights and a DNA Database
Barely 25 years have passed since the first DNA “fingerprint” was identified. This showed that all individuals, other than identical twins, have a unique...
Human Rights and Civil Liberties
What Are Civil Liberties? The difference between human rights and civil liberties may be largely semantic. It could be said that human rights are those funda...
Human Rights and Genetics
The rapid progress being made today by scientists in the field of genetics raises many new questions about human rights and ethics. The term “bioethics”...
Human Rights and Giving Birth
In the UK the right of women to choose where and how they give birth is widely respected. The NHS can often accommodate a range of different birth choices to...
Human Rights and Medical Treatment
Many aspects of medical treatment may raise human rights issues. Under UK human rights law NHS medical establishments and local health authorities are 'publi...
Human Rights and Members of the Armed Forces
Until recently it was believed that members of the UK armed forces were protected by the Human Rights Act even when stationed abroad. However, a recent case...
Human Rights Issues in the Workplace
As workers in a democratic society, and in one of the richest nations in the world, it is hard to imagine that we would need to worry about human rights in t...
Human Rights Legal Remedies
You will already have seen, littered throughout this website, various references to the course of action you can take if you feel that your human rights have...
Religious Schools in the UK and the Right to Religious Freedom
Historically the Church played a large part in UK schools. Before the state took over, most schools were run by, or were part of, a religious organisation. A...
Rights of People Detained Under the Mental Health Act
In our society there are those of us that require treatment for something other than broken bones or disease. Mental health is one of those issues that few p...
Voluntary Human Rights Organisations
Prior to the introduction of The Human Rights Act, there were many organisations promoting Human Rights and Voluntary organisations have been at the forefron...