Every person has the right to life, liberty and security; their private
and family life should be respected, and they have the right to get
married. No-one should be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, and has the right to a fair trial.
No-one can be enslaved; or suffer discrimination due to sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status.
People should have the freedom of thought and religion; and in accordance with law freedom of expression, association and assembly.
Why are the Tories afraid of allowing international scrutiny of our nation against these standards? Are we join to Belarus in being the only European countries to stand outside of the European Court of Human Rights?
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The EHCR has nothing to do with the EU. It was established by victorious allies after WW2 to protect the individual from oppression by the state. The Council of European which hosts the ECHR, was set up to promote Parliamentary Democracy, as well as personal freedom. Initially it had only 10 members Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. With the defeat of Fascism and Communism it has grown to 47, with many non European States having observer status.
Incidentally figures for 2013 up to September are available. Only 3 cases against the UK made it to Court (as the overwhelming majority are rejected) - the UK won all 3. They were 1) Wearing Religious Symbols at Work (employers are allowed to ban them) 2) Treatment of Prisoners in Thailand ruled out of jurisdiction 3) Banning animal welfare adverts on TV as they are political (adverts can be banned)
No-one can be enslaved; or suffer discrimination due to sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status.
People should have the freedom of thought and religion; and in accordance with law freedom of expression, association and assembly.
Why are the Tories afraid of allowing international scrutiny of our nation against these standards? Are we join to Belarus in being the only European countries to stand outside of the European Court of Human Rights?
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The EHCR has nothing to do with the EU. It was established by victorious allies after WW2 to protect the individual from oppression by the state. The Council of European which hosts the ECHR, was set up to promote Parliamentary Democracy, as well as personal freedom. Initially it had only 10 members Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. With the defeat of Fascism and Communism it has grown to 47, with many non European States having observer status.
Incidentally figures for 2013 up to September are available. Only 3 cases against the UK made it to Court (as the overwhelming majority are rejected) - the UK won all 3. They were 1) Wearing Religious Symbols at Work (employers are allowed to ban them) 2) Treatment of Prisoners in Thailand ruled out of jurisdiction 3) Banning animal welfare adverts on TV as they are political (adverts can be banned)
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