Theme A: Living Together In The UK

• Census

  A governmental survey taken every 10 years to gather information about the life in the UK
• Citizenship


  A legal status given to members of the state, indicating their membership of the state
• Euro


  The common currency used by the Eurozone (18 members of the EU)
• European Convention on Human Rights

  A convention that lays down basic rights, it is based on the UNDHR and is overseen by the Council of Europe
• European Court of Human Rights

  Court of Human Rights that sits in Strasbourg and rules on the European Convention of Human Rights (Not to be confused with the European Court of Justice which is under the court of the European Union)
• Freedom

  The ability to act or think as one thinks
• Global Identity


  Some aspects of identity are now global in nature
• Human Right


  A fundamental right to every person is entitled to have, to be and to do
• Human Rights ACT (HRA)


  Passed in 1998 and came into force in 2000, this Act brought together of numerous pieces of human rights legislation and enabled UK citizens easier to the European Court of Human Rights
• Identity


  The characteristics that determine who a person is
• Individual Liberty

  In modern democracy, people have the freedoms to make their own choices and decisions
• Magna Carta


  Known as the Great Charter, singed in 1215, it established the rights and powers of the King and the people of England
• Multicultural Society


  A society that comprises of cultural and religious backgrounds
• Multiple Identity


  That a person can assume different identities at different times and in different situations
• National Identity


  An identity associated with a specific country
• Nature Vs Nurture

  A debate whether a person's personality and identity are most affected by their biological background
• Petition of Rights 1628

  A petition to King Charles 1 demanding a return in taxation for human rights
• Principles


  A basic truth of idea that underpins the beliefs associated with a given society
• Responsibility


  The state or fact of having to do something
• Right


  A moral of legal entitlement to have or do something
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission

  An independent statutory body established to help eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality and Protect Human Rights
• Tolerance


  A concept in modern society which people show understanding of others with different views and opinions
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights


  An international Law which sets out the universal human rights under the UN
• Values


  Standards of behaviour accepted by a society