A British Bill of Rights?

The Conservative Party went into the 2015 General Election with a manifesto commitment to 'scrap the Human Rights Act and curtail the role of the European Court of Human Rights'. This note provides a brief introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998; the European Convention on Human Rights and the work of the European Court of Human Rights.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Why abolishing the Human Rights Act will be a rough ride for Michael Gove http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-abolishing-the-human-rights-act-will-be-a-rough-ride-for-michael-gove/

EurActiv, 03.06.15: Cameron won't rule out UK leaving European Convention on Human Rights http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/cameron-wont-rule-out-uk-leaving-european-convention-human-rights-315105

UK: Parliament: Library: Research Briefings: Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the United Kingdom, June 2015 http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LLN-2015-0016

The Conversation, 26.11.15: The EU protects liberty, but a British Bill of Rights would endanger it https://theconversation.com/the-eu-protects-liberty-but-a-british-bill-of-rights-would-endanger-it-50870

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