Human rights (option)

Explain the difference between absolute and qualified rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the Human Rights Act 1998 in protecting rights in the UK.

A celebrity is photographed leaving a drug rehabilitation clinic and the photos are published by a newspaper. Advise the celebrity.

Read the scenario and answer the question. During a climate protest, police officers stop and search Amina under a power that does not require reasonable suspicion. She refuses to give her name and is arrested and held for 30 hours. Officers later seize her phone and keep it for three months. Some protesters had blocked a motorway, but Amina was standing peacefully on the pavement. Consider whether Amina's human rights and statutory protections have been breached.

Evaluate the extent to which the law strikes a fair balance between freedom of expression and the protection of reputation.