Further Reading
Relevance of Magna Carta Today | Baroness Prashar
Baroness Prashar of Runnymede, gives her thoughts on the relevance of Magna Carta today.
Classroom Activity
Contemporary Case Studies
Examine these three cases heard by the Law Lords in the House of Lords, the forerunners to the Justices of the Supreme Court. Included in the slides are video commentaries by Professor Justin Fisher of Brunel University. You can watch the presentation using PowerPoint online but to view the video Read more…
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Amnesty International Rights and Issues
What are the current issues we face today? Exploring the Amnesty International website to discover more debates and rights issues that you may want to address when writing your own charter.
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Amnesty International Magna Carta Conversations
In February 2014 a small team from Egham Museum spent the day at the headquarters of Amnesty International UK. In this 30 minute documentary you can hear from a range of staff their thoughts on contemporary human rights issues and words of advice.
Further Reading
Relevance of Magna Carta Today | David Davis
Member of Parliament, David Davis, gives his thoughts on the relevance of Magna Carta today.
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Relevance of Magna Carta Today | Lord Neuberger
Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, gives his thoughts on the relevance of Magna Carta today.
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European Convention on Human Rights
In the aftermath of the Second World War the European Convention on Human Rights was adopted. The Court has produced thid video presenting the main rights and freedoms in the Convention.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was agreed, one of its principal architects, Eleanor Roosevelt, described it as a Magna Carta for modern man. What new categories of rights does this declaration contain?
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America’s Charters of Freedom
Magna Carta also influenced the founding documents of the United States of America. These three documents, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, have secured the rights of the American people for more than two and a quarter centuries and are considered instrumental to its founding and philosophy of the United Read more…
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Magna Carta Resources at the British Library
Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in history. Examine the British Library’s copy close-up, translate it into English, hear what their curator says about it, and explore a timeline.