Human Rights Act 1998
- Date
- 1998
- Title
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Description
- The Human Rights Act brings many of the rights in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. It requires all public bodies, including courts, to protect a person’s human rights, and Parliament is required, where possible, to pass new laws which are compatible with the ECHR. This human rights framework will become influential in shaping the law of England and Wales with respect to the status of transsexual and transgender persons.
- References
- Stephen Gilmore, ‘England and Wales’ in Jens M. Scherpe (ed), The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons (Intersentia 2015) 184 ;
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Equality and Human Rights Commission, ‘The Human Rights Act’, https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act
accessed 16 May 2004
Part of Human Rights Act 1998