2025 OCR A-LEVEL LAW H418/03 The Nature of Law and Human Rights Question Paper & Mark
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Section A The
nature of law
Answer one question using examples from your full course of study.
1* ‘The problem with defining justice is that very few people agree on what justice actually means.’
Discuss how the legal system defines justice given this statement. [20]
2* ‘The rule of law is a deceptive term because there is no single ‘rule’ to follow. It is
best understood as a collection of principles designed to produce fair and just
outcomes.’
Discuss this view of the rule of law. [20]
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Section B Human
rights law
Choose Part 1 or Part 2
Part 1
Answer the three questions.
The first two questions are about the scenarios. The scenarios are related.
Sam is a controversial journalist on a tour promoting his new book Citizens in Action. He does not
allow cameras into his venues. However, at his first venue he is secretly filmed explaining that citizen
action means taking ‘any direct action necessary’ to pursue a goal, including criminal acts. He also
says that ‘any lawyer acting for an asylum seeker should have his house burned down’. The video clip
is posted online and soon goes viral. As a result, the following events happen:
• At his second venue the local council, having viewed the online clips from the first show,
withdraw the license. When he arrives, he finds the venue is closed and his show has been
cancelled.
• A government official acting for the Home Office applies for a banning order to prevent
Sam’s book being sold on the grounds that it is spreading hate speech.
• Yana, a protestor, throws green paint over Sam and is arrested and charged with battery.
While Yana is awaiting her trial, her boyfriend, Riley, starts harassing Sam and his family. He spies on
Sam’s home and family taking photographs which he emails to Sam. Sam is very worried about his
family’s safety. Sam’s wife, Amaya, starts to receive anonymous phone calls accusing Sam of being
violent and of having abused his partners over many years. She also receives messages appearing to be
from Sam’s previous girlfriend. In fact, the calls and messages are from Riley.
Amaya is also sent links to a pornographic website containing obscene video material showing Sam
participating in a variety of disturbing and illegal sexual acts. In fact, all the images are fake and have
been created by Riley using an AI (artificial intelligence) video generating programme.
3 Advise Sam whether he will be able to rely on his Article 10 rights to challenge the closure of
the venue and the banning of the book and advise Yana on whether she can rely on her Article
10 rights in relation to the criminal charge for throwing the paint over Sam. Do not consider
Article 11. [20]
4 Advise Sam and Amaya how the law on harassment would apply to Riley’s emails, phone calls
and messages and how the law on obscenity would apply to Riley’s fake video material. [20]
Essay question on human rights law
Scheme (Merged) June 2025 [VERIFIED]
© OCR 2025 OCR is an exempt
[603/0706/7] DC Charity Turn over
(PQ) 355289/2
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Section A The
nature of law
Answer one question using examples from your full course of study.
1* ‘The problem with defining justice is that very few people agree on what justice actually means.’
Discuss how the legal system defines justice given this statement. [20]
2* ‘The rule of law is a deceptive term because there is no single ‘rule’ to follow. It is
best understood as a collection of principles designed to produce fair and just
outcomes.’
Discuss this view of the rule of law. [20]
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Section B Human
rights law
Choose Part 1 or Part 2
Part 1
Answer the three questions.
The first two questions are about the scenarios. The scenarios are related.
Sam is a controversial journalist on a tour promoting his new book Citizens in Action. He does not
allow cameras into his venues. However, at his first venue he is secretly filmed explaining that citizen
action means taking ‘any direct action necessary’ to pursue a goal, including criminal acts. He also
says that ‘any lawyer acting for an asylum seeker should have his house burned down’. The video clip
is posted online and soon goes viral. As a result, the following events happen:
• At his second venue the local council, having viewed the online clips from the first show,
withdraw the license. When he arrives, he finds the venue is closed and his show has been
cancelled.
• A government official acting for the Home Office applies for a banning order to prevent
Sam’s book being sold on the grounds that it is spreading hate speech.
• Yana, a protestor, throws green paint over Sam and is arrested and charged with battery.
While Yana is awaiting her trial, her boyfriend, Riley, starts harassing Sam and his family. He spies on
Sam’s home and family taking photographs which he emails to Sam. Sam is very worried about his
family’s safety. Sam’s wife, Amaya, starts to receive anonymous phone calls accusing Sam of being
violent and of having abused his partners over many years. She also receives messages appearing to be
from Sam’s previous girlfriend. In fact, the calls and messages are from Riley.
Amaya is also sent links to a pornographic website containing obscene video material showing Sam
participating in a variety of disturbing and illegal sexual acts. In fact, all the images are fake and have
been created by Riley using an AI (artificial intelligence) video generating programme.
3 Advise Sam whether he will be able to rely on his Article 10 rights to challenge the closure of
the venue and the banning of the book and advise Yana on whether she can rely on her Article
10 rights in relation to the criminal charge for throwing the paint over Sam. Do not consider
Article 11. [20]
4 Advise Sam and Amaya how the law on harassment would apply to Riley’s emails, phone calls
and messages and how the law on obscenity would apply to Riley’s fake video material. [20]
Essay question on human rights law
