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AQA A-Level LAW Paper 3B Human Rights (7162/3B) Study
Guide 2026
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
• You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions 1–5
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 6
• Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces 7
provided. Do not write on blank pages. 8
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
9
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to 10
be marked. 11
• Questions should be answered in continuous prose. Give reasoned
answers. Where appropriate, make reference to cases, statutes and TOTAL
examples.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
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7162/3B
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Do not write
outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select
as shown.
0 1 Select the false statement about various Articles of the European Convention on Human
Rights.
[1 mark]
A In Article 10, ‘expression’ means only the written or spoken word.
B The main aim of Article 5 is to protect all persons from the risk of
arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
C The right to life under Article 2 may be violated if there is a risk of
serious injury even if no one dies.
D Under Article 8, a public figure usually has greater protection for
privacy when acting in a private capacity than in a public capacity.
0 2 Select the true statement about various aspects of the Human Rights Act 1998 (‘the Act’).
[1 mark]
A A judge is not a ‘public authority’ under s6 of the Act.
B An alleged breach of s6 of the Act by a public authority can only be
challenged by an action for judicial review.
C English law had developed no protection at all for privacy before
the Act came into force.
D The Act makes special provision for the protection of the
Convention right to freedom of expression.
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