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Family Life

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Initial release USA
Directors Ken Loach
Screenplay David Mercer
Story by David Mercer
Budget180,000 GBP
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Date of Upd.
ID2313631
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Janice (Sandy Ratcliff), a 19-year-old girl living in 1970s Britain, is not getting along with her old-fashioned parents. When she gets pregnant, her mother (Grace Cave) and father (Bill Dean) pressure her into getting an abortion. Emotionally shut out by her parents and unable to keep a job, Janice becomes suicidal and has a nervous breakdown. Her parents have her committed to a mental hospital, where she suffers devastating side effects from intense shock therapy. …

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The government is launching what it says will be " Common Sense " reforms to the Human Rights Act that will " restore confidence" in the legal system.

The proposals commit to staying within the European Convention on Human Rights , despite pressure from some Conservatives to leave the treaty.

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says the plans will prevent a right to Family Life being abused by foreign criminals.

And he wants to make it easier for judges to ignore European counterparts.

What is the Human Rights Act?

The Human Rights Act was introduced More Than 20 years ago and it sets out in law a set of minimum standards of how everyone should be treated by public bodies.

It includes Basic Rights to a Fair Trial , life and freedom from ill treatment - and protections against discrimination or unfair interference in private and Family Life .

The Act 's wording comes from the European Convention of Human Rights - a treaty agreed by almost every nation in Europe after World War Two.

The Convention is enforced by a court in Strasbourg, France, which includes judges from the UK and all other nations. It's nothing to do with the European Union .

Since the Human Rights Act came into force, most claims of unfair treatment are dealt with by British judges, rather than going to Strasbourg.

The HRA has been under repeated attack from critics on The Right of politics who say that it puts European law ahead of British law.

What does the government want to do?

On Tuesday the government will publish its long-awaited review of The Act and a consultation on its future.

Under the three-month consultation, the government proposes changing The Law to introduce specific circumstances in which a foreign national offender could not claim a right to Family Life in the UK to challenge their deportation.

Ministers want to introduce a new legal test which would allow judges to block what the government says are " spurious" cases Making It to court.

Mr Raab, who is also deputy Prime Minister , said the plans would also ensure that the UK Supreme Court would have The Final say on UK Rights by making clear in legislation that they should take their cue from British laws and experience, rather than rulings in Strasbourg.

It's not clear how that differs from the current situation where British courts can choose to ignore the views of the European Court of Human Rights if they have good legal reason to do so.

The plans are not expected to include any proposals that would make see migrants arriving in dinghies being sent back to France Or other countries.

Mr Raab said: " Our plans will strengthen typically British Rights like freedom of speech and trial by jury, while preventing abuses of The System and adding a healthy dose of Common Sense . "

The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric.

Its president, I. Stephanie Boyce, said: " The powers government purports to introduce for The Most part already exist. British judges deliver British justice based on British laws.

" UK courts do not, as government suggests, blindly follow case law from the European Court of Human Rights . "



Source of news: bbc.com

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