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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jonathan McCambridge

Claims NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR ‘entirely groundless’ – think tank

The original UK Government’s signed copy of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement showing the signatories of the former prime minister Tony Blair, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, former secretary of state for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam and former Irish minister for foreign affairs David Andrews (UK Government/PA) - (PA Media)

Claims that the UK cannot withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because of commitments made in the Good Friday Agreement are “entirely groundless”, a think tank has claimed.

One of the authors of the paper from the Policy Exchange said public debate about human rights law reform has been “distorted” by the repeated assertion that withdrawal from the ECHR would breach the historic peace deal.

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