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Human rights and the European Convention

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The UK protects a range of human rights. British lawyers helped to write the European Convention on Human Rights, which the UK signed, and these rights were brought into UK law by the Human Rights Act 1998. They include the right to a fair trial and freedom of thought and religion.

Memory tip: Human Rights Act 1998 brought the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law.

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Which Act brought the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law?

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