Contents
1. (Optional) The historical background to greater international consciousness towards Human Rights
2. How does international law currently protect Human Rights?
3. The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) - intro
3.1. Enforcing ECHR articles
3.2. Pre-HRA mechanisms
4. The Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998
4.1. Reasons behind its enactment
4.2. Aims
4.3. Different methods of entrenchment
4.4. Key provisions
5. Impact of the HRA 1998
5.1. On the judiciary and Parliament
5.2. On the judiciary and the executive
6. Challenges to the HRA 1998
7. Cases relating to the enforcement of the HRA 1998