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Name any three of the rights guaranteed in the European convention on Human rights ?
Any mentioned in the Convention
True or false, the right to strike is guaranteed in the Spànish constitution
True (article 28)
True or false, in the UK, the Government can in theory pass any law it wants, as it has no written constitution.
True
True or false, countries must abolish the death penalty before they join the EU
True
Name three countries which still have the death penalty
Teacher´s satisfaction
True or False : Racial discrimination not only includes percieved skin colour but also one´s nationality under the law
True
True or false: Countries which are in the European Union must guarantee absolute freedom of speech for all ideas
False; In Germany, being an open Nazi is illegal, as are fascist symbols.
True or false, foreigners living in Spain don´t have their human rights guaranteed
False, but some of the rights are less than a Spanish citizen, i.e the right to vote, and illegal immigrants have the right to life, but not to remain.
True or false: If you are found not guilty at a trial in the British courts, you can´t be put on trial again if no new facts are discovered.
True in the vast majority of cases.
True or false: In Spain, the police can enter your house if they ask for the landlord´s permission first
False, the constitution (article 18) protects both rented and owned properties equally
True or false, in Spain, your employer can´t fire you because of your political opinions, but in the US it is legal to do so.
True
True or false: The government could ban Aztec religion because it demands human sacrifices.
The government couldn´t ban the belief, but they could ban the practise, or insist that the human be replaced with a doll or another symbol.
Students have a human right not to go to school if they don´t feel like it
Obviously false!
In the UK, prisoners do not have the right to vote.
True
True or false: In International law, any people who want have the right to secede and create an independent state.
False; one can argue there may be a moral right, but there is no legal right as such.
True or false,the European convention of human rights was drawn up by the EU
False: It was drawn up before the EU existed, in 1950 and was signed by 47 states.
