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Further reading
30 Mar 2022
Unicef: Convention on the Rights of the Child
30 Mar 2022
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
30 Mar 2022
The Bill of Rights
30 Mar 2022
Salman Rushdie on the burning of The Satanic Verses
30 Mar 2022
Salman Rushdie talks about the burning of his book The Satanic Verses in Bradford that day, and about the decision by WH Smith to withdraw the book from sale in their stores.
Areopagitica by John Milton, 1644
30 Mar 2022
This controversial pamphlet argues against the censorship of books, and is often held up as the first impassioned plea for free speech. The pamphlet is presented as a speech ‘to the Parlament of England’ in the reign of Charles I.
Human Rights Act 1998
30 Mar 2022
The Human Rights Act received royal assent on 9 November 1998 and came into force on 2 October 2000. The purpose of this legislation was to incorporate into United Kingdom law the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convent...
Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham jail from 1963
30 Mar 2022
The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
30 Mar 2022
The European Convention on Human Rights is a pan-European treaty, drafted by a committee of the Council of Europe in which the British Conservative politician and lawyer, David Maxwell Fyfe (1900-67), played an instrumental role . Ratifi...
Nelson Mandela's speech 'I am prepared to die' at the Rivonia trial
30 Mar 2022
Nelson Mandela, put on trial for his life in 1964, declared from the dock his admiration for western democracy, stating that Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights and the Bill of Rights were ‘held in veneration by democrats’ worldwide.
Human rights legislation
30 Mar 2022
For 800 years, Magna Carta has inspired those struggling for rights and freedoms, and many of its core principles are echoed in contemporary human rights legislation. Here Professor Hugh Starkey explores Magna Carta’s legacy as reflected...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
30 Mar 2022
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) represents the first global codification of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. In 1947, the newly established United Nations, largely in response to the atrocities o...
Magna Carta and human rights
30 Mar 2022
‘If we allow the Human Rights Act’s destruction, the precious house of rights we’ve built together will come tumbling down.’ Reflecting on the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, Shami Chakrabarti warns us that today’s human rights legisla...
What is Magna Carta?
30 Mar 2022
Narrated by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, this animation takes you back in time to medieval England in 1215 under the reign of Bad King John. Why was the charter originally created? And what does it actually say?
Magna Carta, 1225
30 Mar 2022
Full-text translation of the 1215 edition of Magna Carta 1215
30 Mar 2022
Translation of the full text of the original 1215 edition of Magna Carta from Latin into modern day English.
Amendments to the Constitution
05 Oct 2019
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights
Constitution of the United States - We the People
04 Oct 2019
The Bill of Rights & All Amendments
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