Election 2017: What now for human rights?
The Human Rights Act may not be scrapped following the Conservative Party’s failure to win an overall majority, lawyers are claiming.
The Human Rights Act may not be scrapped following the Conservative Party’s failure to win an overall majority, lawyers are claiming.
Britain will also stay signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights if the Conservatives win power.
Theresa May used her speech at the Conservative Party conference to criticise “activist, left-wing human rights lawyers” who “harangue and harass” solidier
Proposals will be brought forward for a British Bill of Rights in the coming year, the 2016 Queen’s Speech has announced. The annual event, which sets out the Government’s agenda for the year, shopped short of promising delivery of the Bill itself. The promise comes despite the House of Lords EU Justice Committee saying that the Government […]
The House of Lords EU Justice Committee has said that the Government should rethink its plans to introduce a British Bill of Rights. The proposal to scrap the Human Rights Act (HRA) in favour of a new Bill of Rights was in the Conservative Party’s 2015 election manifesto. However, the Lords said they were unconvinced by Justice […]
Sir Patrick Stewart has released a comic video highlighting the benefits of membership of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), on the same day as Home Secretary has said the UK should withdraw from it.” “We are a democracy, not some perverse genuflecting mouse-puppet on a European finger,” the actor angrily declares in the video, […]
The repeal of the Human Rights Act is a low priority for the general public, a survey by ComRes for Amnesty International has found. The governement has pledged to scrap the Act following its election victory in May. However, the survey found that just 3 per cent of British adults said it should be the most important […]
A crowdfunded campaign highlighting ordinary people who needed the Human Rights Act (HRA) has hit the Underground network and stations around the UK. In its manifesto, the Conservative Party pledged to scrap the Act if it won the general election earlier this year. The posters tell the story of real people who have been helped by […]
Michael Gove used his speech at the Conservative Party conference to set out his vision for reform of the prison system. He said that while Britain could be rightly proud of its justice system, its failings should be acknowledged. “Our criminal justice system is still blighted by inefficiencies, delays and injustices,” he argued, but said the prison system […]
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer QC has given a passionate defence of the European Convention on Human Rights, but accepts that the Human Rights Act is probably about to disappear in favour of the Tories’ proposed British Bill of Rights. The Doughty Street barrister and newly-elected MP for Holborn & St Pancras, […]
Shami Chakrabarti says she was surprised that the January 13 announcement of her imminent departure from civil rights charity Liberty attracted so much attention. Sandwiched between the deaths of singer David Bowie and actor Alan Rickman, the news made the front page of several national newspapers, notably left-leaning duo The Guardian and The Independent. Chakrabarti, […]
The legal framework of UK Human Rights protections is one of the most practical and effective mechanisms of realising individuals rights – as well as enforcing public bodies’ accountability – in the world. It was founded upon ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 1951 and enhanced by the passing of the Human […]