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Rights Enshrined - for iPod/iPhone The Open University
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What is the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the nature of its relationship with the UK Government? What impact does it have on UK law?
With British membership of the European Union at the heart of the political agenda, the role of its Court of Human Rights and its influence on UK law has inevitably come under scrutiny. The coalition Government has pledged to withdraw the UK from the European convention of human rights, and to give Parliament the right to veto ECHR rulings. In these 4 films we hear from people who have taken cases to the Strasbourg court. We look at how cases are referred, what laws are used, what the process is like and what impact its judgments have had in the UK - in such high profile examples as Diane Pretty’s ‘Right to Die’ case.
This collection was developed in conjunction with Open University courses W820 Exploring legal meaning and W821 Exploring the boundaries of international law
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Right to die: Diane Pretty
After Diane Pretty was diagnosed with motor neurone disease she appealed for a change in the law so her husband, Brian, could help her die without fear of prosecution.
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Freedom of religion: Nadia Eweida
Tom Ellis, the solicitor who took Nadia Eweida’s case to the European Court of Human Rights, discusses her fight for the right to wear a cross to work.
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Transcript -- Freedom of religion: Nadia Eweida
Tom Ellis, the solicitor who took Nadia Eweida’s case to the European Court of Human Rights, discusses her fight for the right to wear a cross to work.
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Right to privacy: Hatton & others
John Stewart is Chair of the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN). The group’s long battle against overnight flights went all the way to the ECHR.
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Transcript -- Right to privacy: Hatton & others
John Stewart is Chair of the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN). The group’s long battle against overnight flights went all the way to the ECHR.
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Whole Life Sentences: Vinter and Others
Simon Creighton represented British prisoner Gary Vinter, who argued that his human rights had been breached when a change in the law removed the possibility of his life sentence being reviewed.
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