Breach of Human Rights

A public authority may breach your human rights by: doing something which interferes with your rights, or. failing to act – for example, by not protecting you if your life is in danger.The main breach that tend to be relevant in our area of law are:

• Article 2 – the right to life
• Article 3 – prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment
• Article 5 – right to liberty
• Article 6 – right to a fair trial
• Article 8 – right to private and family life
• Article 9 – right to freedom of thought / religion
• Article 11 – right to peaceful assembly

If you think your rights have been breached, and you are considering taking legal action, you should act quickly. This is a very complex area of law so it’s important to get help an advice from a a team who have expertise in this area.

There is a time limit of 1 year in which to have the case issued in court.