::Articles on civil liberties::
Prime recent and proposed
attacks on civil rights in the United Kingdom: a list - supervisor James
Hammerton
Civil Liberties in the aftermath
of the atrocities of 11 September 2001 - James Hammerton
An overview of Civil Liberties
legislation since 1900 by Matthew Robb
Football (Disorder) Act 2000
(United Kingdom) - Summary & Commentary by Matthew Robb
Regulation of Investigatory Powers
Act (2000) - commentary by James Hammerton
Terrorism Act 2000 (United Kingdom)
- Commentary by James Hammerton
Orientation to MagnaCartaPlus
Links to other relevant sites
Abstracts of documents on this site
::Declarations of Rights, both historic and from around
the world::
Magna Carta or Great Charter
of Great Britain, 1215
1689 Bill of Rights [Great
Britain]
Bill of Rights in the United
States of America, 1791 [U.S.A]
Declaration of the Rights
of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 [France]
Basic Law for
the Federal Republic of Germany (section 1 - Basic Rights), 1949 [Germany]
Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedoms (selected clauses), 1867 to 1997 [Canada]
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1948
European Convention for Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950
United Nations International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
United Nations Covenant on Economic,
Social,and Cultural Rights, 1966
United Nations Convention against
Genocide, 1985 (summary)
United Nations Convention against
Torture, 1985 (summary)
Summary of United Nations Agreements
on Human Rights
site
orientation
::briefing documents::
in defence of the double
jeopardy rule
history of the nine
principles of policing
the British government’s identity
card scheme - 2006
all
abstracts
“Let
every [person] know, whether [they] wish well or ill, that
we shall pay any price,
bear
any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe
to
assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
(after
J.F. Kennedy, 1961)
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