Rights in UK

Edexcel Politics UK
Topic 1.4 Democracy- rights in context
This builds on work we have done on Pressure Groups in the UK and the previous lesson which examined the rights legislation development in UK (students made a timeline from the textbook of the major legislation passed and court cases.

This lesson includes:

1. A colour code summary sheet examining how rights have been challenged and upheld by: Pressure Groups, think tanks, Parliament and the Judiciary.
2. A report by Amnesty International into the state of rights in the UK in 2022
3. Essay planning sheet for 30 mark exam question with model paragraph as an I do, we do, you do example
4. Potential arguments to complete the essay plan.
5. Article on the Rwanda issue and Sunak
6. Case studies on Shumila Begum and Abu Qatada
   Updated as of November 2023.