Agreeing with Mr Cameron, the Lib Dem leader said the "biggest problem" was that the Human Right Act is sometimes "manipulated not just by the media but by over-cautious officials" who use it to justify their decisions.

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It is also one that makes absolutely clear, in terms that anyone can understand, that climate change is urgent, unprecedented, and something that human beings must act on right away.

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It said the court had concluded that automatic disclosure of all convictions and cautions - whether or not relevant to the job being applied for - was incompatible with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act - the right to a private and family life.

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Mr Biggs is reported to be suing for the right to stay under the Human Rights Act, recently made part of British law.

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And while there is a right to privacy in Britain under the human rights act, the law is much stricter in France.

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Cohen, who represented the company targeted on MoneySavingExpert, says more people are realizing that while online trolls can argue for the human right to privacy and (in Britain) call on the Data Protection Act to protect their identities, plaintiffs can call on the High Court to unmask them.

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Lawyers for Mr Farrakhan argued that the ban was unlawful in interfering with the leader's right to speak with his UK supporters and was in contravention of the Human Rights Act.

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Well I certainly think on criminal justice, he's got it absolutely right - which is stop kind of all these distractions about some legalistic argument about the Human Rights Act which has nothing to do with the riots, nothing to do with the sentences passed.

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