Your Rights: The Liberty Guide to Human Rights
Language: English
Pages: 464
ISBN: 074532276X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This is the eighth edition of the successful civil liberties guide, Your Rights. Now expanded and extended in scope to include all new legislation that has come into force since the last edition was published in 2000, this book includes:
-- A new introduction covering the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights
-- A new chapter on the Rights of the Bereaved
-- Updated and expanded chapters on: Rights of Suspects, Rights of Defendants, Rights of Prisoners, Rights of Immigrants, Rights of Families and Children
-- A new section on religious discrimination
Written by leading lawyers and campaigners at Liberty, this is the ultimate reference handbook for specialists and general readers alike.
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possible, however, to rise to, confront and often overcome such challenges. Knowing your rights and having a good understanding of the scope of laws aimed at curtailing protest and restricting the expression of political opinion, and in particular how they intersect with Convention rights, are powerful tools. This is especially so if you find yourself negotiating with the police when planning a protest, or with a local authority over permission to distribute political literature. It is also wise
event of arrests, they will make immediate Liberty8 02 chap06 174 1/12/04 2:00:04 pm THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL PROTEST 175 notes of witnesses’s names and addresses. Observers can be a great help if events turn sour, but in any case their presence at a demonstration can be reassuring to protesters and police alike. It is important that they perceive themselves to be independent of the protest itself and its organisation. They may, therefore, wish to be identified in a way that distinguishes them
consult your committee or co-organisers. You don’t have to agree to everything the police propose. You can tell the police directly that you do not agree to a certain condition, or that you will consider whether to or not. If the demonstration is likely to be big in size or impact, especially if it is in the centre of a major city, there may be a large number of police present at this meeting – traffic police, public order police, local area police and note-takers, and so on. It is always worth
1/12/04 11:45:20 am 38 YOUR RIGHTS Telecommunications Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. Contact details for Ofcom are: Ofcom Contact Centre Riverside House 2a Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA Tel: 0845 456 3000 contact@ofcom.org.uk
identifies circumstances where the CRB procedures are not appropriate, including checks for jury service or other cases where disclosure to the individual person may not be appropriate. The circular emphasises that the governing principle in these cases is that the police must safeguard sensitive personal information, and must not disclose it to a third party unless there is good justification. Even if a case has been tried in open court and the subject of media reports, disclosure by the police
