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The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens' Rights Agreements (IMA; Welsh: Awdurdod Monitro Annibynnol ar gyfer y Cytundebau Hawliau Dinasyddion) [1] is a body corporate set up in the United Kingdom by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 [2] [3] to monitor the functioning of the provisions of the Brexit withdrawal agreement relating to citizens' rights, and to protect ...
The committee raised alarm over government plans to give law enforcement bodies more freedom over their use of children. Some of the child spies are aged under 16. [425] Parliament's joint committee on human rights has been asked to investigate the use of child spies by the police and security services.
Bill of Rights 1689, Claim of Right Act 1689, asserted certain rights of Parliament and the individual, and limited the power of the monarch—the result of the Glorious Revolution. The Second Treatise on Representative Government (1689) outlines John Locke 's ideas for a more civilised society based on natural rights and contract theory .
While there is no general right to free speech in the UK, [1] British citizens have a negative right to freedom of expression under the common law, [2] and since 1998, freedom of expression is guaranteed according to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as applied in British law through the Human Rights Act. [3]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body in Great Britain, established by the Equality Act 2006 with effect from 1 October 2007. The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales (in Scotland, together with the Scottish Human Rights Commission).
Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Europe) Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (Southern Africa) Incomindios Switzerland (Americas) International Association of Independent Journalists Inc. (Canada, England & elsewhere) Journalists for Human Rights (Africa) Kurdish Human Rights Project (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran & elsewhere) Memorial (Ex-USSR)
Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary. [1] Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by various entities, including individuals acting as voters, constituents, or private citizens, corporations pursuing their business interests, nonprofits and NGOs ...
Citizens Advice [n 1] (previously Citizens Advice Bureau [9] [n 2] and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth [n 3] in Welsh [10]) is a British independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems in the United Kingdom. [11] [12]