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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland > Constitutionnal law > Human Rights

The Human Rights Act 1998 (c.42) is an enactment which gave effect in United Kingdom law the European Convention on Human Rights. It makes it unlawful for a public authory to act in a way which would breach an individual's convention rights, unless the wording of another enactment gives them no other choice.

See also

• Find the notion "Human Rights Act 1998" in the UK legal internet
• Human Rights