TNAG-2156-FCO40-3076-International-Covenant-on-Civil-and-Political-Rights-(ICCPR)-1990 — Page 128

CCPR/C/58/Add.6 page 96

A. BERMUDA

1.

General

1.

The civil and political rights recognized by the Covenant are protected in Bermuda by the Constitution of Bermuda 1968 and the Human Rights Act 1981.

2.

The Constitution sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual and provides protection:

From inhuman treatment;

(a)

Of the right to life;

(b)

(c)

From slavery and forced labour;

(d)

(e)

To secure protection of law;

(f)

From arbitrary arrest or detention;

For privacy of home and other property;

(g) of freedom of conscience;

(h)

Of freedom of expression;

(i) Of freedom of assembly and association;

(j) of freedom of movement;

(k)

From discrimination on the grounds of race, (1) From deprivation of property.

etc.;

3.

The Human Rights Act provides protection from unlawful discrimination in the areas of provision of goods, facilities and services, employment and accommodation, on the following grounds:

4.

(a) Of race, place of origin, colour or ancestry;

(b) Of sex;

(c) Of marital status;

(d)

Of not having been born in lawful wedlock;

(e) of having or being likely to have a child whether born in lawful

wedlock or not;

(f) of religious beliefs or political opinion.

2.

Information relating to articles in parts I, II and III of the Covenant

The following information is supplementary to that provided in the first and second reports of the United Kingdom on Bermuda and given by the United Kingdom delegation at the meeting of the Human Rights Committee which discussed these reports. Articles in relation to which no new legislative or administrative developments have occurred are not included in this report. Inclusion of particular points does not necessarily mean that the United Kingdom considers that they fall within the scope of particular articles of the Covenant.

Article 2

5. The Human Rights Amendment Act was enacted by the legislature in 1988. It extended the protection of the Human Rights Act 1981 specifically to all persons defined as "disabled persons".