Human Rights Act 1998

E84667

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom UK constitutional statute

The Human Rights Act 1998 is a landmark UK statute that incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, enabling individuals to enforce those rights in UK courts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Human Rights Act 1998 canonical	17
section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ UK constitutional statute ⓘ
affects	administrative law in the UK ⓘ civil liberties in the UK ⓘ criminal law in the UK ⓘ
allows	UK courts to take into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
appliesTo	public authorities in the UK ⓘ
basedOn	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
commencementDate	2000-10-02 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	cannot be impliedly repealed according to some UK case law ⓘ
contains	Schedule 1: The Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ Schedule 2: The Convention rights and their enforcement ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
defines	Convention rights ⓘ
doesNotAllow	UK courts to strike down primary legislation ⓘ
enables	enforcement of Convention rights in UK courts ⓘ
imposesDutyOn	public authorities to act compatibly with Convention rights ⓘ
incorporatesRight	freedom of assembly and association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of thought, conscience and religion ⓘ prohibition of discrimination in enjoyment of Convention rights ⓘ prohibition of torture ⓘ respect for private and family life ⓘ right to a fair trial ⓘ right to life ⓘ
introducedBy	First Blair ministry ⓘ surface form: Tony Blair government
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
parliament	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
primaryPurpose	to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1998-11-09 ⓘ
section	Schedule 1 ⓘ Section 10 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ Section 3 ⓘ Section 4 ⓘ Section 6 ⓘ Section 7 ⓘ Section 8 ⓘ
section10Effect	provides for remedial orders to amend incompatible legislation ⓘ
section3Effect	requires courts to interpret legislation compatibly with Convention rights so far as possible ⓘ
section4Effect	allows higher courts to issue declarations of incompatibility ⓘ
section6Effect	makes it unlawful for public authorities to act incompatibly with Convention rights ⓘ
section7Effect	gives individuals standing to bring proceedings for breach of Convention rights ⓘ
section8Effect	empowers courts to grant appropriate relief or remedy for breaches ⓘ
shortTitle	Human Rights Act 1998 self-link ⓘ
subjectOfDebate	proposals for a British Bill of Rights ⓘ relationship between UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
yearEnacted	1998 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English law → hasKeyStatute → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Armed Forces Act → relatedTo → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → includesNotableExample → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Lord Irvine of Lairg → playedKeyRoleIn → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Constitution of the United Kingdom → includes → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Human Rights Act 1998 → shortTitle → Human Rights Act 1998 self-link ⓘ

Northern Ireland legal system → hasHumanRightsFramework → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

England and Wales → hasHumanRightsFramework → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Judiciary of Northern Ireland → subjectTo → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Administrative Court → applies → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Criminal justice system of England and Wales → governedBy → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

United Kingdom law → hasHumanRightsFramework → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Legal history of the United Kingdom → includesEvent → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

First Blair ministry → notableFor → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

First Blair ministry → implementedPolicy → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Schedule 1: The Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights → partOf → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Schedule 1: The Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights → enablingAct → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

Schedule 1: The Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights → relatedTo → Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ

this entity surface form: section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998