Human rights are the fundamental basic rights that each individual has irrespective of their, race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender and culture. These rights are there from the minute someone is born into this world till the very moment they breathe their last breath. This essay will aim to discuss the importance of the Human Rights Act (1998). To do that, it is vital to explore what Human Rights is and have a clear understanding of why it was implemented. This paper will then go onto discuss the Equality Act 2010 and delve deeper into finding out why it was introduced in the United Kingdom. Finally, this essay will then explore the role of the Disability Discrimination Act, in particular how it relates to people with disability in the context
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This is especially true in areas where there is inequality, war, poverty, lack of education. The human rights act sets out the fundamental rights as well as freedom for everyone to have access to it. Some of these rights include: freedom from forced labour and slavery, right to liberty and security, freedom of thought, belief and religion meaning that individuals can believe what they want and practice their religion or beliefs without any oppression. Other rights include freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading treatment, regardless of what the situation is. (ZA, Akbar, 2012). Nobody should be subjected to discrimination because every individual’s rights are equal and they should not be treated unfairly due to their race, religion, sexuality or age. Last but not least, the human rights act also aims to provide every individual with the most important right which is the right to life and protects an individuals’ life through law. (Liberty: Protecting Civil Liberty, Protecting Human Rights, 2015).
Furthermore, it is vital to comprehend that the Human Rights Act will not always protect people in all extents of their life from discrimination however there are other laws which offer more general protection, such as the Equality Act 2010. (Equality and Human Rights Commission, …show more content…
The white paper ‘Valuing People’ and its successor ‘Valuing People Now’ are bath examples of this. (The Human Rights Act and learning Disabilities, 2000-2016).
However, recently it is said on The Guardian website (2016) that peers have stated in a House of Lords that the government is deteriorating in its duty of care to “Britain’s 11 million disabled people”.(Karen, 2016). It also recognised a series of government let-downs, from inaction on established provisions of the Equality Act aimed to support individual with disability, to repealing others that favour reducing business regulations over their rights, to the impact of spending cuts, as having a “hugely adverse impact” on individuals with disabilities. (Karen,
This is especially true in areas where there is inequality, war, poverty, lack of education. The human rights act sets out the fundamental rights as well as freedom for everyone to have access to it. Some of these rights include: freedom from forced labour and slavery, right to liberty and security, freedom of thought, belief and religion meaning that individuals can believe what they want and practice their religion or beliefs without any oppression. Other rights include freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading treatment, regardless of what the situation is. (ZA, Akbar, 2012). Nobody should be subjected to discrimination because every individual’s rights are equal and they should not be treated unfairly due to their race, religion, sexuality or age. Last but not least, the human rights act also aims to provide every individual with the most important right which is the right to life and protects an individuals’ life through law. (Liberty: Protecting Civil Liberty, Protecting Human Rights, 2015).
Furthermore, it is vital to comprehend that the Human Rights Act will not always protect people in all extents of their life from discrimination however there are other laws which offer more general protection, such as the Equality Act 2010. (Equality and Human Rights Commission, …show more content…
The white paper ‘Valuing People’ and its successor ‘Valuing People Now’ are bath examples of this. (The Human Rights Act and learning Disabilities, 2000-2016).
However, recently it is said on The Guardian website (2016) that peers have stated in a House of Lords that the government is deteriorating in its duty of care to “Britain’s 11 million disabled people”.(Karen, 2016). It also recognised a series of government let-downs, from inaction on established provisions of the Equality Act aimed to support individual with disability, to repealing others that favour reducing business regulations over their rights, to the impact of spending cuts, as having a “hugely adverse impact” on individuals with disabilities. (Karen,