Human rights are inherent to all humans regardless of attributes and include the rights to life, liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, and freedom of opinion and expression. They protect individuals in areas like having opinions, education, private life, and mistreatment by the state. The Human Rights Act of 1998 incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, allowing UK courts to hear human rights cases rather than requiring people to take complaints to the European Court of Human Rights in France.

1. HUMEN
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3. WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS?
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RIGHTS INHERENT TO
ALL HUMAN BEINGS, REGARDLESS OF RACE,
SEX, NATIONALITY, ETHNICITY, LANGUAGE,
RELIGION, OR ANY OTHER STATUS. HUMAN
RIGHTS INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND
LIBERTY, FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY AND
TORTURE, FREEDOM OF OPINION AND
EXPRESSION, THE RIGHT TO WORK AND
EDUCATION, AND MANY MORE. EVERYONE IS
ENTITLED TO THESE RIGHTS, WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION.

5. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS HELP YOU?
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RELEVANT TO ALL OF US, NOT
JUST THOSE WHO FACE REPRESSION OR
MISTREATMENT.
THEY PROTECT YOU IN MANY AREAS OF YOUR DAY-
TO-DAY LIFE, INCLUDING:
• YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE AND EXPRESS YOUR OWN
OPINIONS
• YOUR RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION
• YOUR RIGHT TO A PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE
• YOUR RIGHT NOT TO BE MISTREATED OR WRONGLY
PUNISHED BY THE STATE
WHERE DO HUMAN RIGHTS COME FROM?

8. THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 MADE THE RIGHTS SET OUT
BY THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PART
OF OUR DOMESTIC LAW.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT MEANS THAT COURTS IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM CAN HEAR HUMAN RIGHTS CASES.
BEFORE IT WAS PASSED, PEOPLE HAD TO TAKE THEIR
COMPLAINTS TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE.