the human rights act didnt improve convention rights, beacuse the convention has been going for 50 years now, it just implemented the rights into british law.. before the HRA98 the UK had no such law implementing the rights owed to people within its boundaries, which led to many cases from britain going to the european court of human rights, and that court would normally find (though not always) that the UK was in breach of some convention right.. HRA98 meant that any breachs, or supposed breaches, can be dealt with at a domestic level (by the british courts) - although many cases are appealled against and may still go to the ECHR.. . haha im studying this at the mo and is very long-winded, but fun!! :s not sure if this answers the question??!