... are guaranteed to every member of society. To do this we must look to the European Convention on Human Rights as well as the Human Rights Act 19983. The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted due to the violence of the Second World War in order to remind member states of the heritage of political traditions and ideals, but most importantly to enforce certain rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 19484. The European Convention was an indirect source of domestic law until it was given further legal effect by the Human Rights Act 19985. Schedule 1 of the Human Rights Act 19986 outlines the rights and fundamental freedoms of the European Convention. Each right is contained in an individual article. These fundamental human rights are as follows: * Article 2 a right to legal protection for life; * Article 3 a right to be free from torture and inhuman ...

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