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Monday, November 16, 2009

Bringing Rights Home

Bringing Rights Home

"The Human Rights Act 1998 ("HRA") was intended to make the rights set out on the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") enforceable more swiftly and directly, within the UK. The HRA was intended to bring the rights guaranteed by the ECHR "home" for everyone and provide effective domestic remedies for violations of ECHR rights and freedoms".













Lake Bled Slovenia

It can be revealved that there are proposals afoot to reform the Convention system. I am particularly interested in the proposals related to giving the Committee of Ministers more powers to allow them to effectively execute the Court decisions and supervise the Member State's compliance. The Prisoners Votes Case is a prime example of a government's inordinate delay.

This has become Labour's ticking timebomb.

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