OCR A-Level Law human rights law (Component 3, Section B) overview quiz quiz

Article 8 (respect for private and family life)

Article 3 (prohibition of torture)

Article 10 (freedom of expression)

Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association)

Absolute

Qualified

Limited

Unprotected

Necessary, sufficient and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case

Fair, just and reasonable in the public interest

Foreseeable, proximate and proportionate to the harm caused

Prescribed by law, legitimate aim, and necessary and proportionate

Article 10

Article 6

Article 8

Article 11

Strike it down and treat it as void if it is incompatible with Convention rights

Read and give effect to it compatibly with Convention rights so far as possible

Ignore Convention rights altogether when interpreting the statute

Refer every incompatible provision directly to the Strasbourg court

It strikes down the Act and removes it from the statute book at once

It binds the Strasbourg court to follow the domestic ruling

It leaves the Act in force but invites Parliament to amend it

It has no legal significance and cannot be issued by senior courts

Private individuals

Foreign governments

The European Court

Public authorities

Exhaust all domestic remedies

Obtain permission from Parliament

Win in the High Court

Pay a fee to the government

At any time the government of the day considers it politically convenient to suspend a right

In a public emergency threatening the life of the nation, and never from absolute rights

Only with the express prior permission of the Strasbourg court

Only for qualified rights and never in a genuine national emergency

Abolishing all human rights protection in domestic law entirely

Leaving the United Nations and renouncing every international treaty

Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights

Making the Strasbourg court supreme over Parliament in all matters