Nearly 300 organisations have issued a rallying cry for a “full-throated defence” of the European Convention on Human Rights – accusing politicians of using it as a scapegoat with devastating effects.
The ECHR, an international treaty signed by 47 Council of Europe member states to protect fundamental human rights, has come under fire from both Reform UK and the Tories, who have pledged to quit the convention if they win the next election.
