Words / H / Law

Human Rights Act

noun

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The statute that incorporates Convention rights into domestic law and requires public authorities to act compatibly with them.

The claim was brought under section 6 of the Human Rights Act against the police force.

Similar: HRA

Topic: Public law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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