Human Rights Law

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Human Rights Law

Introduction

Human Rights is a set of ideals upon which most noble desires of mankind are supported, as is the justice, solidarity, equity, respect for life and participation in society. Law for the Human rights provides a set of ethical values that make up the own human dignity of all men from birth, without distinction of religion, race, age, sex, social status, thinking, among others. The laws on the human rights are the attributes and powers that allow people to claim all an individual need to live with dignity. Human rights law has arisen as a mechanism for citizens to protect themselves from abuses of monarchs and feudal lords. This essay will focus on terrorism legislation within the UK human rights law.

Discussion

After the attacks of 11th September in the U.S., and 7th June in London with 52 people dead and hundreds injured, there has been a great deterioration in the UK of human rights, when the country already had some laws "anti-terrorist" strictest in Europe. Many of the new measures were introduced by the government of that time. In recent years it involves the application of penalties to persons against whom there is insufficient evidence to bring them to justice tests, but they are, in the opinion of the authorities, a threat to national security (Sharma, 2011). These actions violate international law, which requires people to be punished with a penalty only if they have been charged with a recognizably criminal offense and tried in a transparent process and with due process. Internationally, the actions and policies of the United Kingdom undermine the prohibition of torture, and intended to limit the application of international law. There are allegations of unlawful killings, torture, beatings and other violations by members of the British armed forces in Iraq. The threat of "international terrorism" requires governments to develop new skills to carry out police work, research and intelligence, including international cooperation but should not respond to terror with terror (Williamson, 2009).

Human rights are legal rules laid down in the constitution and laws, to be recognized and guaranteed by the state with the intention to respect them. However, according to the constitutional mandate who have greater responsibility in this regard (respect the rights of others) are government authorities, i.e., men and women who work as public servants. The task of protecting human rights is the requirement for the state to provide and maintain the necessary conditions so that, in a situation of justice, peace and freedom, people can really enjoy all their rights. The common good means that the public authority must do everything necessary so that, gradually, be overcome inequality, poverty and discrimination (Edwards, 2010).

Under the Terrorism Act 2006, security forces may detain a terrorist suspect for up to 14 days without charge. The suspect can be detained for 48 hours initially, and then a judge must approve another arrest in increments of 7 days to 14 days. Police may deny access to a lawyer during the first 48 ...