The drafting of the Human Rights act has allowed all sorts of lunacy...?

Question

... such as drug users going into prison and then suing the government for not allowing them to do illegal drugs and other inmates have the rights to hard core pornography.

We've all heard about these daft cases.

My question is could anyone claim compensation against the drafters of this Law as it was obviously flawed and possibly negligent.

Answer 1

the answer given by Richard b,shows he has never been a victim of crime,or he is a lawyer making money ,out of human rights act, as some of as know, humans are not always human,and should be dealt with hard,not given a shield to hid behind

Answer 2

you may commerce with Europe without being contained in the ecu, you recognize. The chinese and Saudis do not look to have a issue. uk I anticipate will declare an amnesty to foreigners who got here the following formerly a particular date. I doubt to the utmost that the Mediterannean international places will favor to discourage wealthy Brits from continuing to retire to their coastlines. There are prob total communities contained in the Algarve area as an example the position retired Brits , Danes, Swedes etc provide the numerous source of income, with Brits making up the biggest unmarried crew. It received't even mean that Brits isn't able warm foot it to Italy and p.c.. fruit for 10 euros an afternoon, the N Africans look waiting to do it. There are individuals, Russians, Aussies all sorts of non eu nationals operating contained in the ecu international places. i imagine you;re getting somewhat worked up over not something. or perhaps you're purely being facetious and make a level, in which case I done all this typing and all i'm getting into go back is a thumbs-down! (of route it DOES mean that all those smooth MEP jobs with their perks and expenditures will vanish.. oh my heart bleeds!)

Answer 3

Britain had a very well developed legal system, probably the best in the world, until this government signed us up to the ridiculous Human Rights Act. Most of our problems have flowed from this. I think that it is a deliberate assault on British values.

Answer 4

Well, some of the prisoners were on remand i.e. that had yet to be found guilty of anything. In any case "Human Rights" apply to everyone - not just to the law abiding citizens. It is a measure of our decency as a society how we treat those that are offenders - those people should not be abused and maltreated just because they have broken the law.

Answer 5

The Human rights Act is not negligent - you would do well to look into the history of its development and purpose. Whilst there are cases of mis-application (as with any law), the principle and spirit of the act is to protect the rights of every human. Basic, inherrent rights to which we are all entitled - regardless of race,. class, age, gender, criminality, mental state or anything else. The basic constructs of 21st Century western society and international law rely on the foundations of these rights - the more important question is why they are not being applied accross the Majority (also known as third-) world. Your example of the prisoners being allowed or not allowed to use illegal drugs is largely irrelevant and you should be more aware of the surounding issues of drug abuse and addiction before making such comments. Preventing the use of additive illegal drugs in prisons is not likely to helo anyone in their rehabilitative process... whilst they are indeed Illegal it is assistance that people need to stop using - so that they may be able to return to society without re-offending - which is another vast issue in this country that no-one seems brave enough to tackle.


In response to Sam would like to praise his/her observancy - almost. I am studying to become a Barrister and will indeed specialise in Human Rights. I am also interested in Penal Reform and in making a difference to the lives of those blighted by crime - by reducing re-offending. I also believe strongly in the human rights act, its principles, and in most cases its application. I am not making a lot of money out of the legislation - i am in fact getting further and further into huge ammounts of debt (as are most students) in order to persue the career which i want so much - in order to make a difference. Plase don't assume that everyone is as obsessed with money as most of western society might be - i intend to work with Human Rights charities and inspectorates, offering primarily pro-bono work for international Human Rights abuses. Don't make judgements about me. thanks.

Answer 6

This money should have been taken back from them to pay compensation to their victims and for their keep whilst in prison. You can guarantee that the compo will be more than their victims received.

Answer 7

I agree its a load of bollox. And being in my job it makes life a lot more difficult. It should be a human rights act with clauses in it for terrorists, murderers and anyone else who thinks they have any rights after f*cking everyone elses human rights over.

Answer 8

UK: I notice that they kept the names of those to whom they settled out of court and the amounts of cash given. Surely the money should be retained by the courts and paid as compensation/restitution to the victims of crimes that they may have committed..................

What an absolute shambles we now live in...........................

Answer 9

we do hope so because we are all paying for this compensation from or taxes .more stupidity by this government

Answer 10

Sure, anyone can claim anything. As in your example.