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Human rights

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  • 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.
  • True or false, the right to strike is guaranteed in the Spànish constitution
    True (article 28)
  • 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: 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, 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 : Racial discrimination not only includes percieved skin colour but also one´s nationality under the law
    True
  • 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.
  • 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,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.
  • 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: 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, 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, countries must abolish the death penalty before they join the EU
    True
  • Name three countries which still have the death penalty
    Teacher´s satisfaction
  • Name any three of the rights guaranteed in the European convention on Human rights ?
    Any mentioned in the Convention