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Related: About this forumThe arguments against the Human Rights Act are coming. They will be false
As Michael Gove prepares his attempt to repeal this fundamental act, heres some myth-busting about what it is, and how it works
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/13/arguments-human-rights-act-michael-gove-repeal-myth-busting?CMP=fb_gu
In the aftermath of the second world war, nations came together to say never again. They established the United Nations and agreed a simple set of universal standards of decency for mankind to cling to: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These standards were intended to protect the individual from the state, to uphold the rights of minorities and to provide support for the vulnerable.
The idea was simple; these standards would first be enshrined in regional treaties such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and then be given legal effect in every country. In the UK this was achieved when Labour enacted the Human Rights Act (HRA) in 1998.
The incoming Tory government now intends to strip our people of these universal rights by repealing the HRA. Michael Gove has been appointed as the new justice secretary to lead the assault. In a week when we celebrate VE Day, the irony should not be lost. British politicians, many of them Tory, participated in the drafting of the ECHR in Whitehall because they believed that they were drafting an instrument to reflect the values that we in this country took for granted and which, they thought, vindicated our military triumph.
No doubt Gove will peddle the usual myth that the HRA is nothing more than a villains charter. But the evidence is against him on that. There has been no fundamental shift in defendants rights under the HRA, mainly because legislation passed by the Margaret Thatcher government in 1984 set out clear rights for suspects that have been successfully embedded in our law for many years.
The idea was simple; these standards would first be enshrined in regional treaties such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and then be given legal effect in every country. In the UK this was achieved when Labour enacted the Human Rights Act (HRA) in 1998.
The incoming Tory government now intends to strip our people of these universal rights by repealing the HRA. Michael Gove has been appointed as the new justice secretary to lead the assault. In a week when we celebrate VE Day, the irony should not be lost. British politicians, many of them Tory, participated in the drafting of the ECHR in Whitehall because they believed that they were drafting an instrument to reflect the values that we in this country took for granted and which, they thought, vindicated our military triumph.
No doubt Gove will peddle the usual myth that the HRA is nothing more than a villains charter. But the evidence is against him on that. There has been no fundamental shift in defendants rights under the HRA, mainly because legislation passed by the Margaret Thatcher government in 1984 set out clear rights for suspects that have been successfully embedded in our law for many years.
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The arguments against the Human Rights Act are coming. They will be false (Original Post)
geardaddy
May 2015
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If he hurries, he could get something out in time for the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta
muriel_volestrangler
May 2015
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muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)1. If he hurries, he could get something out in time for the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta
on June 15th: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/magna-carta-800th-anniversary-9255458
thus proving she did die in vain </hancock>. That would have the proper symbolism, wouldn't it?
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)2. k & big R & what do you expect of Michael Gove?