This areaâhealth and welfare standardsâis the only one of the three we are discussing that lacks a consistent pattern as to who sets the standards at issue. Under the Clean Air Act and RCRA, the federal government sets these standards. Under the Clean Water Act, however, states set water quality standards.Though the federal government must review and approve the standards, the scope of that review is probably more limited than in many other areas.undamentally, then, Congress has decided that all the regulatory requirements of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and RCRA amount to national responsibilities that should be pursued whether or not the states agree with them.
This is why both the police and prison services have been reviewing their practices to identify those which may not be compatible with the European Convention. In the case of the police, each force has designated a human rights champion - a senior officer-who has been responsible for supervising an audit of functions.awyers believe that Article 2, the right to life, will be the basis for a number of significant challenges. This will not only affect situations where the police take a life-for example by use of firearms-but also deaths in custody, where it may be argued that officers have failed to preserve a life.
The Mental Health Act 2007 has amended the Mental Capacity Act 2005 introducing the deprivation of liberty safeguards from 1st April 2009. They were introduced to prevent breaches of the European Convention of Human Rights.