Questions tagged [human-rights]
For questions about human rights and their protection under law. "Human rights" are those that are broadly recognized as both universal and worthy of respect by law even if not explicitly protected by law.
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What are the “protocols” to the ECHR?
The European convention of human rights has “protocols” to it. What essentially are these?
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Does property include money in the sense of ECHR right of peaceful enjoyment?
ECHR protocol 1 article 1 protects the right to peacefully enjoy one’s property. Does this include money? For example if one has frozen, seized or confiscated by fines, would this be Applicable as ...
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Does protocol 1 article 1 (peaceful enjoyment) cover charging of rent for another to occupy property? [closed]
Does the right to peacefully enjoy one’s (residential/real) property [and possessions…] in the ECHR guarantee/protect the right to let it out to others for them to inhabit in exchange for rent?
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Are there any EU countries in which it is not allowed as a matter of course to own (and let out) unlimited residential properties? [closed]
Underlying this question I would like to know if there is anything in the ECHR for example that inherently proscribes a country stigmatising to any degree the ownership of properties (perhaps beyond a ...
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What are the Statute of Limitations for New York City and State Human Rights Laws?
I am looking for some clarification on the Statute of Limitations for both the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law.
Under Section 297 of the New York State Human ...
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Rights of remand prisoner in India to visit ailing sick mother [closed]
A remand prisoner in India having criminal cases in multiple states.
In remand for over 8 years.
The prisoner's mother is very sick with various health issues and wanted to spend few days with mother ...
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Is Uruguay violating humans rights by not conceding the right to nationality?
Myanmar and Uruguay are currently the only countries in the world that deny immigrants any path to naturalization. Uruguayan legal citizenship has special characteristics. A person who acquires it ...
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Do all legal persons have human rights?
For example, a corporate legal person can be proceeded against with criminal charges. Instinctively, one would be inclined to apply such "human" rights as that to a fair trial in protecting ...
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What is the appropriate court for an action relating to a breach of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA)?
See Why must claims against the police for human rights act breaches be brought within 1 year?
If a public body acts contrary to one’s convention rights, what is the appropriate court in which to take ...
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What was the most direct predecessor to Human Rights Act 1998?
HRA is said to be "constitutional." Which is slightly peculiar, as "constitutional" acts often precede the majority of a republic's other active statutes, and come reasonably early ...
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What type of human being can help? Which one specifically? [closed]
I have with me more than 1500 documents associated with abduction and human trafficking as well as probate fraud and political corruption associated with the district attorney's Office in Orange ...
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What is the definition of "Race" used in ICERD?
It seems like it's not defined in the convention (International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination). But does race only mean colour in the convention?
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International standards on prisoners' right to vote
Are there any international standards or declarations/conventions on prisoners' right to vote?
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ICCPR article 26 "birth or other status"
What does birth or other status mean in Article 26 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
Does it have the same connotation as "political or other opinion" in that the ...
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How is the 'right to life' reconciled with the legal authority of military officers? (to issue orders that will cause deaths)
I'm not familiar with the academic or practical debates for this topic so I would like to ask it here.
The closest related was this decision of the German supreme court regarding plane shootdowns: ...
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What is the legal status of New Zealand's tobacco legislation vis-a-vis the Human Rights Act of 1993?
The government of New Zealand recently passed a law aimed at eliminating tobacco usage. Rather than prohibiting the purchase of tobacco products altogether, the law instead prohibits their purchase by ...
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If you know someone is committing infant abuse, do you also commit a crime if you choose not to report it?
What are a person's legal responsibilities if they believe that someone is currently committing infant abuse, but are not certain that they are doing so.
For example, they might learn this from ...
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How speedy must a trial be to for the purposes of article 6, ECHR?
Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights requires criminal trials to be fair and speedy. What is the time threshold for a trial to transpire is for it to be deemed "speedy" or ...
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Is banning crusade costumes in Qatar denying freedom of expression?
Crusaders banned in qatar
English fans with crusader costumes were banned in Qatar.
Is this a violation of freedom of speech/expression and, consequently, a violation of basic human rights of Article ...
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What effect would leaving the ECHR have on the cases it was used in?
There is a growing interest within the UK for leaving the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with a Government and Parliament online petition reaching 17,260 signatures supporting this idea. The ...
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How much social media control can your employer exert over you?
Can a swiss employer force the employee to change the display picture and full name of your personal linkedin profile?
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Is there any country that acknowledges people’s right to not participate?
I was trying to look through the US Code to see where it says what I would consider to be the axioms of a country and its law, something like:
There is an entity called “The United Stated”
This is ...
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What law is to prevent to say n-word in France
This is a question I am asking because I am not in best of health and I have been bullied by some nationals which are non-european , non -african.
I am african and study in a university of France. ...
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Does the acceptance of a 'legitimate aim' in the context of Article 8 ECHR also imply its acceptance in the context of Article 14 ECHR?
Suppose that the European Court of Human Rights qualifies a certain policy aim, such as the protection of the Member State's health system, as constituting a 'legitimate aim' in the context of Article ...
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I'm a victim of racism by the border police of Bulgaria [closed]
I was excited to visit Bulgaria, I flew all the way to Sofia (Bulgaria), but unfortunately, I was not able to enter it for no reason. I provided everything they wanted me to provide, but no luck (...
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Are non-contact visitations at max-security federal prisons sometimes supervised? (US)
Not sure if this answer as posed in the title is sufficiently about law to be on-topic. If so, my question defers to the more legal alternative:
Is it legal for a federal prison to supervise the non-...
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Search warrants for the property of people not suspected of a crime
I'm interested in the New York City jurisdiction.
Imagine a person is involved, or suspected to be involved, in a crime, yet they are not suspected of having committed any crime. For example, imagine ...
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Can prisoners of war be exchanged against their will?
Assume the following situation:
You live under an authoritarian regime.
Your country is at war with another country, which has a far more favorable human rights record.
Your attitude of your regime ...
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The right to vote and property ownership?
In 1792, in France even men without property were enfranchised.
How was it before exactly? What is meant by ‘without property’? Only those who didn’t own a home or a piece of land? Or any kind of ...
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Does the arrivecan app go against the Canadian charter?
I was looking through the Canadian charter, and Section 6 piqued my interest. It states, in subsection 2, that
Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of ...
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What are my rights if my boss paid me 600 euro too much for 2 years long?
My little brother, lets call him A for now, came to me today and said his boss, call him B, came to him and said that he (B) had been paying him (A) 600 euro too much for 2 years long. Ofcourse B ...
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Do sentient Artificial Intelligences have legal rights?
There has been lots of talk about whether sentient AI (assuming such emerge) would have rights under existing laws, but I don't understand it at all, from a legal standpoint.
Take the Declaration of ...
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LHBTI+ rights and swimwear
In much of the western world, decency laws require women to wear swimwear that covers their breasts; for men there is no such requirement.
In jurisdictions that recognize individuals' self-...
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Have any military personnel serving a democratic state been prosecuted according to the fourth Nuremberg principle (superior order)?
Has any military personnel servicing a democratic state been prosecuted according to the fourth Nuremberg principle (superior order)?
Democratic is of course a gray scale so give that condition the ...
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Is the homes for Ukraine scheme in breach of the human rights act?
I can't really name it off the top of my head, but I want to say that there is an article of the HRA which prevents government policies and legislation itself from discriminating classes of people ...
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Are there any absolute rights in the US?
Are there any rights that absolutely cannot be denied under any circumstance in the United States?
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Consistency and coherence across statutes - Are the allowances of s29J completely negated by the offence of religiously aggravated harassment?
Crime and disorder act 1988 s32 introduces religiously aggravated harassment which effectively extends S2 and S4 of protection from harassment act.
This seems to completely nullify the protections of ...
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Roe vs Wade was decided almost 50 years ago. Do more recent federal laws protect the right to an abortion as a medical decision?
A lot has changed in our laws and statutes since the Roe vs. Wade ruling in 1973. The United States Constitution does not explicitly address a right to health care. The words "health" or &...
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Why was abortion legal when the United States was founded?
The US supreme court recently ruled to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Part of the decision was based on abortion laws when the 14th Amendment was ratified. While I understand that cherry picking the 14th ...
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If Google uses discriminatory language, how can I report it and log a complaint?
I have been asked what race I belong to by a Google Service registration online form at https://io.google/2022.
After some time researching, I haven't found any where to log a complaint directly to ...
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Tenants right with a no waiver lease agreement
I signed a lease to rent the lower level of a home which has an upstairs unit as well. My lease lists me as the only tenant on my lease, for my unit. It states tenant agrees to be responsible and pay ...
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How acceptable (mainstream/marginal) is the discussion about replacing the human rights with the natural law and to delete human rights chapters?
One law professional (who holds a doctorate) has started discussion about human rights vs natural law in our country (which is an Eastern European country). She refers to the book Le Droit et les ...
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Mandate vs Law Distinction
I have general concerns about government overreach and encroachments upon liberties.
On several occasions during the last two years I've heard people mention that a mandate is not a law.
I'd like to ...
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Challenges of being an atheist in India
India is a country with secular polity with right to religious freedom but a highly religious society. This might be affecting laws and policies of the governments.
The stratification in and the ...
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Are there any provisions in Britain which render improperly obtained criminal evidence judicially inadmissible?
If evidence of wrongdoing is uncovered through improper investigative measures, what protections are there for the subjects of these improper investigations in U.K. law?
Must one still answer for ...
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Where is the line between defending a city and using human shields?
The Geneva Convention prohibits the use of human sheilds. From the Red Cross:
The prohibition of using human shields in the Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocol I and the Statute of the ...
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Is assassination of presumed civilian informants considered a war crime and/or crime against humanity?
In Myanmar for the past several months revolutionary forces have been regularly threatening, targeting, and assassinating civilians who are believed to be reporting anti-government activity to the ...
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May the Justification of a "Legitimate Aim" in an Article 14 ECHR Case be Arbitrary in Light of Other Freedoms?
I'm learning about Article 14 of the ECHR and am a bit confused by the practicalities of its application. I understand something must fall within the ambit of another Convention right, and that there ...
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Legality of Auctioning International Criminals/Terrorists?
Wild hair brain thought here that I'm not finding much on.
So the idea is this: there are international bounties for heinous individuals that multiple people may have an interest in capturing, be they ...
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Is there a right to contract oneself, or one’s dependents, into servitude?
The closest common examples I can think of are jurisdictions where prostitution is semi-legalized or legalized, jurisdictions where minors can work on behest of their guardian, and military service in ...
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