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[Text on screen]: Your rights explained.

Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights: No discrimination.

Article 14 protects us against discrimination. This means you cannot be denied your rights because of your gender, race, religion…anything!

It ensures everyone is treated equally by the law and by the government.

Three key things that it does for us:

1. Immigration rules can’t be sexist (The Abdulaziz case, 1986)
2. The armed forces can’t ban gay people (The Smith & Grady case, 1999)
3. Your rights are protected no matter who you are (The Ghaidan case, 2004)

Why is it needed now?

The UK population is diverse.

[Animated graph showing people in the UK by sex, age and ethnic group, 2011]:

87% white
7% Asian or Asian British
3: Black or Black British
2% mixed
1% other

Our human rights are hard-won.

Know your rights. Celebrate them. Protect them.

Discrimination

Freedom from discrimination explained in one minute!

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Published on 29 Nov 2019

We know that trying to explain the ins and outs of the European Convention on Human Rights can be tricky, so we’ve done the leg work for you and condensed the articles into clear-cut one-minute explainers. Here’s all about the right to freedom from discrimination in one minute!

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