Do you think that Human Rights bandwagon has gone too far in the UK?

Question

It seems to me that Human Rights now has more power than anything else and is adversely impacting other laws and rights. What do YOU think?

I am specifically talking about Human Rights being abused by individuals to the detriment of the majority. As an example, if a criminal gets injured whilst committing a crime, they can sue for damages. Or the drug addict who can use his illegal drug habit as a mitigating circumstance for crime.

Answer 1

i haven't got a clever or Witty answer .but we need human rights .with out it we would be stepping back into the dark ages .

Answer 2

No. Human Rights are essential. The reason we dont have support groups for beer drinking heterosexual men/women is irrelevent as no-one is interfering with their Human Rights. Battered wives have crisis centres and support groups as their Human Rights are being interfered with. Gay people still face discrimination. The law is changing so that the rights of older people are not interfered with. If someone was hassling you because they didnt like an aspect of you that you couldnt do anything about then you would be glad that the UK has gone as far with Human Rights. You could always move somewhere like Zimbabwe if you dont agree with how far Human Rights have gone and see how much Robert Mugabe respects your human rights.

Answer 3

What kind of a question is that? Have you read the human rights charter? By definition, human rights can never be taken 'too far'.

Or is this question about those who co-opt the human rights language and use human rights legislation as a vehicle to promote their own interests to the detriment of others? If so, then yes, I agree. One example is that small minority of smokers that cry 'human rights abuse' at the prospect of not being allowed to blow smoke in our faces.

Answer 4

Absolutely. It is quite normal now for the rights of one vocal individual to impact the rights of the other 99 silent majority.

I use the example of the criminal who was let out on licence after citing his human rights and later went on to murder the banker in West London (Chiswick is it?)

An inflated and slightly surreal example would be: Do we have support groups for beer drinking hetrosexual men/women - no.

Answer 5

I agree, it's got way out of hand. You hear of the family - mum dad and ten kids, they haven't worked since their eldest kid was born and they live off our taxes, they asked for a bigger house, so they got their neighbours evicted and the houses knocked together to make one big house, then they complained that its awful messy having two houses and the government gave them a cleaner! See I can't afford a cleaner...
And that bloke who broke into a womans house and cut himself on a knife lying on her kitchen counter, he sued her for half a million pounds, she lost everything over it, because his rights seemed more important than hers.
It's all gone crazy.

Answer 6

Since most other rights involve corporations, no. Human Rights always come first.

Answer 7

agree their rights can come before the public even criminals havd more rights thsn those they abuse