Politics Timeline
1948 – Universal Declaration of Human
Rights – Adopted by the General
Assembly of the United Nations in 1970 – Equal Pay Act – 1976 - Race Relations Act – Made
1948, the declaration set out a range of Prohibited any less favourable race discrimination unlawful in
rights and freedoms to which everyone treatment between men and employment, training, housing,
was entitled. women in terms of pay and education and the provision of
conditions of employment. goods, facilities and services.
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Attlee Churchill Eden MacMillan Wilson Heath Wilson Callaghan
1945 1951 1955 1957 1963 1964 1970 1974 1976
1969 – Voting age
1950 – European Convention on Human reduced to 18
Rights – The European Court of Human
Rights was set up in Strasbourg to hear 1975 – Sex Discrimination Act –
cases where people felt as though their Made sex discrimination illegal in the
rights had been infringed upon in their areas of employment, education and
own countries. UK citizens were allowed to the provision of goods, facilities and
appeal to the court but it was time- services.
consuming and expensive.
1948 – Universal Declaration of Human
Rights – Adopted by the General
Assembly of the United Nations in 1970 – Equal Pay Act – 1976 - Race Relations Act – Made
1948, the declaration set out a range of Prohibited any less favourable race discrimination unlawful in
rights and freedoms to which everyone treatment between men and employment, training, housing,
was entitled. women in terms of pay and education and the provision of
conditions of employment. goods, facilities and services.
D-H
Attlee Churchill Eden MacMillan Wilson Heath Wilson Callaghan
1945 1951 1955 1957 1963 1964 1970 1974 1976
1969 – Voting age
1950 – European Convention on Human reduced to 18
Rights – The European Court of Human
Rights was set up in Strasbourg to hear 1975 – Sex Discrimination Act –
cases where people felt as though their Made sex discrimination illegal in the
rights had been infringed upon in their areas of employment, education and
own countries. UK citizens were allowed to the provision of goods, facilities and
appeal to the court but it was time- services.
consuming and expensive.
