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Ref.1: UK face coverings:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own
Ref.2:
The Charter of Fundamental Rights:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/default_en.htm
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf
Article 3:
Right to the integrity of the person:
1. Everyone has the right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity.
2. In the fields of medicine and biology, the following must be respected in particular:
- the free and informed consent of the person concerned, according to the procedures laid down by
law,
- the prohibition of eugenic practices, in particular those aiming at the selection of persons,
- the prohibition on making the human body and its parts as such a source of financial gain,
- the prohibition of the reproductive cloning of human beings.
Ref.3:
The Oviedo Treaty:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/164
Article 5 – Consent
An intervention in the health field may only be carried out after the person concerned has given free and informed consent to it.
This person shall beforehand be given appropriate information as to the purpose and nature of the intervention as well as on its consequences and risks.
The person concerned may freely withdraw consent at any time.
Ref.4:
The Human Rights Convention:
https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=basictexts&c=#n1359128122487_pointer
Article 2 - Freedom of Movement:
1. Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence.
2. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own.
3. No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights other than such as are in accordance with law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, for the maintenance of ordre public, for the prevention of crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
4. The rights set forth in paragraph 1 may also be subject, in particular areas, to restrictions imposed in accordance with law and justified by the public interest in a democratic society.
On point 4: please note that individual rights come before the public interest.
Ref.5:
Who's breaching your human rights?
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/civil-rights/human-rights/who-s-breaching-your-human-rights/
Private organisations and charities:
Private organisations or charities are also public authorities if they carry out public functions. They must respect your human rights when they carry out their public functions.
This could include - for example:
Privatised utilities like water companies, British Gas and Network Rail
Some companies who have been subcontracted to carry out a public function like a security company running a Private prison
Some housing associations when carrying out some of its functions as a social landlord
Private care homes providing care on behalf of the local authority
Private hospitals providing care on behalf of the NHS.
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