The Latest Breaking News from ECHR

Farage accused of ‘dangerous dog whistle’ with ‘profoundly un-British’ asylum crackdown

Campaigners have also questioned the legality of the policy, comparing it to a proposal to ‘scrap the NHS so that people no longer get sick’

The Independent UK · Oct 12

Visa bans and asylum system suspension: Nigel Farage unveils Reform's controversial immigration plan

Nigel Farage says he wants Britain to get ‘back to being a normal country’ as he announces massive asylum crackdown plan

Evening Standard · Oct 12

Penny Mordaunt has finally been allowed on the Tory candidates list — but at what cost?

ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at whether Dame Penny Mordaunt and Sir James Cleverly have really changed their principles as they seek to be candidates for Kemi Badenoch’s party – or are just being pragmatic to stay in the game

The Independent UK · Oct 4

Nobody in Europe knows or cares what Kemi Badenoch thinks. That’s a big mistake

The opposition leader wants to pull the UK out of the ECHR, wrecking treaties from the Good Friday agreement to the Gibraltar deal, says economics commentator Simon Nixon

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

How the British press has undermined the ECHR over many years: new study

The UK’s immigration and asylum bill has proposed restricting how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted and applied in the UK to make it easier to deport migrants.

The Conversation · Jul 8

Italy ordered to compensate woman after allegations of rape by partner dismissed as ‘normal’

ECHR rules that prosecutor’s remarks perpetuated ‘sexist stereotypes’ and downplayed gender violence

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

Celtic nations begin to plan for breakup of UK in event of Reform election win

Politicians brace for constitutional turmoil if Nigel Farage’s party end up in government – or even as a strong opposition

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4

French justice system on trial as nation rages at failure to prevent schoolgirl’s murder

French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has ordered public prosecutors to review 70,000 allegations of violence against minors, by July 14, amid fury at the death of an 11-year-old schoolgirl that has exposed cracks in the country’s judicial system.

France 24 · Jun 8

European countries reach new agreement on human rights – here’s what it means for the UK’s immigration debate

The 46 countries bound by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) have signed a new declaration on migration, setting out how they believe human rights law should apply to migration issues.

The Conversation · May 20

UK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs

All 46 Council of Europe members sign agreement ‘deplored’ by human rights organisations

The Guardian - UK · May 15