The Human Rights Act 1998 includes 16 basic rights:

• The Human Rights Act 1998 includes 16 basic rights: 
• the right to life; 
• protection from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 
• freedom from slavery; 
• the right to liberty; 
• the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent court; 
• the right to respect for privacy and family life; 
• the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; 
• the right to freedom of expression; 
• the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of association; 
• the right to education; the right to enjoy one's possessions; 
• the right to elect a government by secret ballot; 
• the absence of the death penalty; 
• the right to enjoy the above rights without discrimination.