What funding it has committed to educating the public on their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and what form any such …

The Human Rights Act, which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, is UK legislation. The Home Office's Human Rights Unit has taken the lead in an extensive information and advertising campaign right across the UK on people's rights under the Act. Guidance material has been provided to libraries and Citizens' Advice Bureaux, and is freely available via a telephone order line. In addition, the Scottish Executive has circulated guidance to all public authorities in Scotland; and we have set up an Internet website including basic information, references and contact points.