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- Title
THE KNIVES ARE OUT.
- Authors
Chakrabarti, Shami
- Abstract
Following the recent general election in the UK, the Conservative Party is promising to abolish the Human Rights Act - which allows UK citizens to defend - in British courts - their rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. There is even the threat to withdraw from the Convention itself. As an alternative, the Conservative Party is proposing a British Bill of Rights. However, details remain vague and there are serious concerns that it will fall far short of the current human rights system - one that has proven time and time again to offer real protection to real people. Shami Chakrabarti describes why the arguments being used for the abolition and withdrawal are misguided and why doing so would be a disaster for the protection of human rights, not only in the UK but also internationally.
- Subjects
GREAT Britain. Human Rights Act 1998; EUROPEAN Convention on Human Rights
- Publication
Sur: International Journal on Human Rights, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 22, p261
- ISSN
1806-6445
- Publication type
Article