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• Your right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman way

  Explains how article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects you from torture or inhuman treatment, which causes you severe mental or physical suffering

• How are your human rights protected by the courts?

  Explains how courts must protect human rights when applying the law and which laws the courts must apply, even if they breach the Human Rights Act 1998

• What are human rights?

  Explains what human rights are and how they are protected by law. Also lists organisations offer further information

• Other rights protected under the Human Rights Act

  Lists some of the rights protected under the Human Rights Act 1998, including rights to education, freedom of expression, non-discrimination and protection of property

• Using a food bank

  How to get emergency food from a food bank. You can get a referral or look for a food bank that you don't need a referral for, such as ones ran by a church

• Creditors still chasing you after you go bankrupt

  Explains the situations when some creditors may still be able to contact you, after you go bankrupt

• If your child is living in the UK illegally

  How to get your child a legal immigration status, such as British citizenship or ‘discretionary leave to remain’, if they are under 18 and living in the UK illegally

• If your neighbour is complaining about you

  Check what to do if your neighbour is complaining about noise coming from your home. Check how you can solve the problem

• Backdated water bills

  What is likely to happen if water companies pursue households for the payment of water bills if they have not been paid in the past for whatever reason and what you can do about

• Preparing to go to court as a witness

  How to get ready to go to court including information on what to wear, asking your employer for time off and what to do if you can't make the date