So, you want to leave the ECHR?

Here’s a clear list of the rights you have under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which the UK is bound by through the Human Rights Act 1998.

These are the main rights set out in the Convention:

  1. Right to life (Article 2)
  2. Prohibition of torture (Article 3)
  3. Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 4)
  4. Right to liberty and security (Article 5)
  5. Right to a fair trial (Article 6)
  6. No punishment without law (Article 7)
  7. Right to respect for private & family life, home & correspondence (Article 8)
  8. Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion (Article 9)
  9. Freedom of expression (Article 10)
  10. Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11)
  11. Right to marry and found a family (Article 12)
  12. Right to an effective remedy (Article 13)
  13. Prohibition of discrimination in relation to all these rights (Article 14)

There are also additional rights in later Protocols, such as:

Protection of property (Protocol 1, Article 1)

Right to education (Protocol 1, Article 2)

Right to free elections (Protocol 1, Article 3)

Abolition of the death penalty (Protocol 6 and Protocol 13)

These rights are enforceable in UK courts under the Human Rights Act, and ultimately before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Do you still want to leave?

One thought on “So, you want to leave the ECHR?

  1. Winston Churchill, if I remember correctly one of those strongly in favour of this convention, as am I. My father-in-law came to this country as a DP at the end of the Second World War, without him, I wouldn’t have my wife and a family of my own.

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