Year 11 - Citizenship
What does the judiciary have to do with human rights?
Synopticity: How do different ideas and concepts in Citizenship interconnect?
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Unit Summary
Pupils revisit key citizenship concepts from previous units and consider how they relate to each other, demonstrating their ability to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and understanding.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how the judiciary can be seen to work both for and against human rights.
Key Notes
- There is a clear relationship between the judiciary and human rights.
- The judiciary strengthen human rights through equality before the law, fair, public trials and appropriate sentencing.
- They also allow citizens to defend their rights through the civil courts.
- The judiciary has been accused of failing rights, e.g. Rwanda policy, Belmarsh dentention case, Tony Nicklinson case.
Vocabulary To Learn
- judiciary: the branch of the state that is responsible for enforcing the law; it is composed of judges and other legal officials
- human rights: basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to
- court: a formal legal institution where disputes are heard and resolved, and where justice is administered according to the law
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The judiciary always protects and strengthens human rights, no matter what.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
There is a clear relationship between the judiciary and human rights. The judiciary strengthen human rights through equality before the law, fair, public trials and appropriate sentencing.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'judiciary'
the branch of the state that is responsible for enforcing the law; it is composed of judges and other legal officials.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The judiciary always protects and strengthens human rights, no matter what. Correction: The judiciary plays a key role in defending rights, but it does not always act quickly or strongly enough. Judges often follow the law as it is written, and sometimes they decide that Parliament, not the courts, should make the final decision.
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