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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christopher McKeon

‘Incredibly unlikely’ UK would leave human rights convention, says minister

PA Wire

Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) would further destabilise an international system that was already “on the back foot”, a cabinet minister has said.

Development minister Andrew Mitchell said on Wednesday it was “incredibly unlikely” that the UK would leave the ECHR and warned strongly against doing so during an event at Chatham House in London.

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