<P> The Human Rights Act 1998 ( c42 ) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998 , and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000 . Its aim was to incorporate into UK law the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights . The Act makes a remedy for breach of a Convention right available in UK courts , without the need to go to the European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR ) in Strasbourg . </P>
<P> The Human Rights Act 1998 ( c42 ) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998 , and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000 . Its aim was to incorporate into UK law the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights . The Act makes a remedy for breach of a Convention right available in UK courts , without the need to go to the European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR ) in Strasbourg . </P>
when did the human rights act came into force
when did the human rights act came into force
2 October 2000
2 October 2000