Under the Human Rights Act we now have that written confirmation of our rights, duties and freedoms. Anyone withholding those rights, for example wrongful imprisonment or racism is now liable for prosecution and possible imprisonment.
A citizen acquires certain rights at certain ages.
Sue for personal injury From birth
Watch a film with `U' classification 5
Watch a `PG' film with parents or guardian 5
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Fully criminally responsible 10
Be given a supervision order as a criminal sanction 10
Legally capable of rape 10
Be sent to a Secure training centre as a criminal sanction 12
Consent to sex, but if an adult obliges they are guilty of a criminal offence 13
Drink alcohol in a licensed premises if it is with a meal 16
Marry with judicial/ parental consent 16
Consent to heterosexual sex 16
Purchase cigarettes 16
Drive a car 17
Marry without consent 18
Have homosexual relations 18
Sent to prison 18
Make a will 18
Eligible to vote 18
Full legal rights in contract 18
Buy alcohol 18
Buy fireworks 18
Be tattooed 18
Human Rights
· Art (2) * Right to life
· Art (3) * Forbidding of torture
· Art (4) * Forbidding of slavery
· Art (5) Right to liberty
· Art (6) Right to a fair trail
· Art (7) * Prohibition on retrospective criminal offences
· Art (8) Right to respect for private and family life
· Art (9) Freedom of thought and expression
· Art (10) Freedom of expression
· Art (11) Freedom of assembly and association
· Art (12) Right to marry
· Art (14)*Freedom from discrimination
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