AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies · 8100
Paper 1, Paper 2
Rights and freedoms that protect individuals from excessive state power or interference.
Revise: Roles Played by Groups in SocietyLiberty campaigns for civil liberties and human rights in the UK, including protecting rights under the Human Rights Act and holding powerful bodies to account. Civil liberties protect individuals from excessive state interference. Liberty’s role is therefore to give a voice to people whose freedoms may be threatened and to challenge the imbalance of power between individuals and the state.
- Revise: Democratic vs Non-Democratic Systems
A basic freedom, such as freedom of expression, peaceful assembly or association, that protects people from unjustified interference.