Rights and Freedom under United Kingdom Constitutions

Rights and freedom under United Kingdom constitutions 1
RIGHTS AND FREEDOM UNDER UNITED KINGDOM CONSTITUTIONS
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Rights and freedom under United Kingdom constitutions 2
RIGHTS AND FREEDOM UNDER UNITED KINGDOM CONSTITUTIONS
Introduction
In the 15th century, United Kingdom faced a lot of challenges of mistreatment of people
as their basic rights and freedom was denied. As a result of this, the government and other
stakeholders stabled common law known as the English Bill of Rights 1689 in England and
Scottish Claims of Rights Act 1689. This Acts helps in restoring and reduction of mistreatment
of humankind. Later, it led to the established of the now Human Rights in the United Kingdom
of 1998 which is currently protecting the rights of a citizen of British (Pratt, 2016.). The essay
will discuss, several freedom and rights provided by the British Constitution, how several
constitutional provisions have protected individual rights in the United Kingdom, and later will
discuss the extent to which the constitutional provision protects individual rights in the United
Kingdom.
Rights and freedom enjoyed by British citizens, their provision
Several rights and freedom have been provided by the United Kingdom Constitution that has
helped the British citizen to live in peace and in harmony. These freedoms include and are not
limited to the following.
The sovereignty of the Parliament
In the United Kingdom, the parliament is the most powerful body according to the UK
Constitution. It is the supreme legal authority which is mandated by the constitution of the land
to make or amend any law. The United Kingdom constitution allows its citizen to actively take
part in the political process like voting so as to enable them to vote their representatives in the
parliament (Campbell, 2017). Through voting them for representation in the parliament. In