Human Rights In The Community: Rights As Agents For Change (Human Rights Law in Perspective)

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Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 9
Table of Cases......Page 11
Table of Legislation......Page 19
INTRODUCTION......Page 31
MAINSTREAMING HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY?......Page 32
USING HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 33
CONCLUSION......Page 34
Part I: Making Human Rights Count in Practice......Page 37
CURRENT DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING......Page 39
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT......Page 42
MAINSTREAMING AND THE LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING MECHANISMS......Page 43
ROLE OF MAINSTREAMING AND THE CONTROVERSIAL NATURE OF POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS......Page 44
EPISTEMIC COMMUNITIES AND SOME POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH MAINSTREAMING......Page 46
MAINSTREAMING AND EQUALITY: AN ANALOGY?......Page 47
DIFFERENT WAYS OF USING THE EQUALITY MAINSTREAMING MODELS......Page 49
PROCESS REQUIREMENTS OF EQUALITY MAINSTREAMING......Page 50
IMPACT ASSESSMENT......Page 51
PARTICIPATION......Page 52
PUBLIC SERVANTS AND MAINSTREAMING: DOES IT WORK?......Page 54
LEGAL UNDERPINNINGS WITHOUT LITIGATION?......Page 55
CONCLUSION......Page 57
INTRODUCTION......Page 59
DEVELOPING AGENDAS......Page 61
HUMAN RIGHTS AS CULTURE CHANGE......Page 62
CASE FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION......Page 63
VALUABLE COMPLEMENT TO EQUALITY AGENDA......Page 66
DELIVERY IN PRACTICE......Page 68
STRATEGIC FOCUS......Page 69
CONFLICTING RIGHTS......Page 70
CONCLUSION......Page 71
INTRODUCTION......Page 73
RIGHTS AS AGENTS FOR CHANGE......Page 74
THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AS AGENTS FOR CHANGE......Page 75
THE NORTHERN IRELAND CASE......Page 78
INTERDEPENDENCE......Page 88
THE RELEVANCE OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND EXPERIENCE TO BRITAIN......Page 89
CONCLUSIONS......Page 90
THE MEANING OF ‘HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE’......Page 93
WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT INTEND?......Page 95
THE ABSENCE OF A HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE......Page 96
MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 97
HUMAN RIGHTS: OTHER INTERPRETATIONS......Page 98
STEPS TOWARDS ACHIEVING A HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE......Page 99
CONCLUSION......Page 108
Part II: Using Human Rights......Page 109
INTRODUCTION......Page 111
EDUCATION AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 113
HUMAN RIGHTS AND EDUCATION UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998......Page 122
THE IMPACT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND PRACTICE......Page 136
CONCLUSION......Page 141
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT......Page 143
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE OLDER POPULATION......Page 144
AGEISM AND AGE DISCRIMINATION......Page 147
THE IMPACT OF AGE DISCRIMINATION......Page 149
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 152
MAKING A REALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE......Page 160
CONCLUSION......Page 163
INTRODUCTION......Page 165
A ROLE FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT BEYOND THAT OF THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT (DDA)?......Page 167
ARTICLE 2: THE RIGHT TO LIFE......Page 168
ARTICLE 3......Page 173
ARTICLE 8......Page 175
ARTICLE 6......Page 179
CONCLUSION......Page 181
INTRODUCTION......Page 185
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 AND MENTAL HEALTH LAW......Page 186
GREATER SCRUTINY OF THE USE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT: COMPULSORY TREATMENT......Page 189
CLARIFICATION OF THE STATUS OF THE CODE OF PRACTICE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT......Page 191
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE......Page 192
TOWARDS A CULTURE OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS?......Page 201
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE......Page 202
INTRODUCTION......Page 205
THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1993......Page 206
THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 2004......Page 207
HOW HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS MADE A DIFFERENCE?......Page 226
CONCLUSION......Page 228
THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN THE UK......Page 231
THE RIGHTS IN UK LAW AND PRACTICE......Page 232
SECURING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION......Page 233
SECURING THE OTHER CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT......Page 240
SECURING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RIGHTS BEYOND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT......Page 245
DEVELOPING A HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE IN THE UK......Page 246
ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF FAITH COMMUNITIES THROUGH A HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE......Page 247
CONCLUSION......Page 249
INTRODUCTION......Page 251
THE STATE OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN ENGLAND......Page 252
WHAT HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS DONE FOR CHILDREN?......Page 257
CHILDREN AS RIGHTS HOLDERS: BIG VISION, LITTLE PROGRESS......Page 264
Index......Page 269