Public affair
13 September 2012
The Human Rights Act 1998 imposes duties not only on bodies that are obviously public authorities but, in certain cases, on their contractors as well. David Cox explains
The practical application of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998 to the day-to-day business of central and local government, and of commercial organisations, has not been fully explored. Yet private finance initiative (PFI) and public-private partnership (PPP) projects, and the general outsourcing of public services, are areas where arguments based on human rights might...