See also:human rights, democracies (as well as many other countries) have constitutions that protect civil liberties. The following sections of this article present a few examples.
The UK has no formal written constitution, however it is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which covers both human rights and civil liberties, and has passed the Human Rights Act, which forces compliance between the treaty and UK law. After the September 11, 2001 attacks the UK claimed a state of emergency (as permitted by Article 15 of the ECHR) and the derogation from Article Five in order to allow the indefinite detention without trial of foreign nationals suspected of involvement with terrorism. The government would rather deport these individuals, but this is prohibited by Article Three of the ECHR, which can not be opted out from according to Article 15. See also British national identity card.
Human Rights and CivilLiberties, the liberty and justice that a citizen or person expects, or is entitled to expect, in the content and operation of the law.
Examples of civilliberties include the prohibition of torture, while perhaps the most basic of commonly recognized rights is the right to life.
Although civilliberties are now considered an integral part of democratic government, it would be a mistake to see this period as a democratic one in a modern sense.
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