Essential reading for those interested in the process of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights and the risks involved, by @drandrewforde.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social on @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/countdown-to...

Today, Keir Starmer has called for members of European Convention on Human Rights to allow tougher action to protect borders 🧵Here are some useful resources on the ECHR, what the UK's membership in it means, whether it's possible to leave or reform it 👇

The 10 reasons examined in the report. Authored with @alicedonald.bsky.social @victoriaadamant.bsky.social Başak Çalı & Philip Leach

A new report examines 🔟 reasons for the UK to stay in the #ECHR. 👉🏻 protecting everyone’s rights 👉🏻 ensuring accountability 👉🏻 safeguarding democracy 👉🏻 maintaining UK influence With @victoriaadamant.bsky.social Başak Çalı @joellegrogan.bsky.social Philip Leach lnkd.in/eD3bH5jU

As an admirer of The Economist, sad to see it recycling garbage about chicken nuggets and the ECHR. The former wasn’t why a man’s deportation was halted. The latter worked well in the upper tribunal that decided he should be deported, after all.

Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done. Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇

The Conservatives’ plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers' rights - @pwielt.bsky.social on the importance of the ECHR and HRA for workers' rights, giving example of recent Mercer case re carer suspended for her role in industrial action, found to violate Art 11 www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/conser...

Looking forward to this conference on the ECHR at 75 years tomorrow in Berlin. I’ll be discussing migration before the @echr.coe.int with @danielthym.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and Catharina Ziebritzki @mpil.de - all infos and livestream here www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V...

The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

I just contributed to the Brummies United Against Racism and Hate campaign, which aims to spread messages of unity and hope throughout Birmingham. Every donation helps print more posters and stickers that will be shared for free in the community! gofund.me/cfcfd1517

Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights? Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇 #ECHR

At our recent event, our trustee @alicedonald.bsky.social spoke about the power of economic and social rights, not just to protect people in times of hardship, but to help everyone thrive. At Just Fair, we believe these rights should work as both protection and empowerment. 🌍⚖️

In jumping off the precipice of ECHR withdrawal, the Conservative Party is aping - and legitimising - a policy which in the rest of Europe is only espoused by the far right verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dis...

And here's a simple explainer too of the relationship between the ECHR/GFA with @alicedonald.bsky.social.

*From availble data, we know the number of successful appeals was 0.73% of the total sentenced foreign national offenders. See the latest @bonavero.bsky.social report on misrepresentation of human rights and migration, led by @alicedonald.bsky.social, @victoriaadamant.bsky.social & Başak Çalı.

Simple explainer of the law, and the statistics that are available* with @alicedonald.bsky.social

"Does the ECHR stop states from controlling their borders?" No. The ECHR Court emphasises migration policies are up to states themselves. "But the ECHR stops the UK from deporting foreign criminals." No, it doesn't. Successful human rights-based appeals against deportation are very rare.

Important to hear Hilary Benn affirm, in his Labour Conference Speech, that the official position is that the UK leaving the ECHR would indeed undermine the UK's commitments under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 1998:

The Conservatives look set to announce withdrawal from the #ECHR as policy. This reckless move would fly jn the face of evidence both as to the benefits of ECHR membership and the costs of withdrawal - including to efforts to control irregular migration verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dis...

Starting this Sunday, the UK Conservatives will hold their annual party conference and possibly adopt a new flagship policy: withdrawal from the ECHR. That would legitimise the playbook of the far-right, warns ALICE DONALD (@alicedonald.bsky.social). verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dishonour/

For a clear explanation of the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this from @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

This outstanding point-by-point rebuttal is the final word in correcting the foolish and nonsensical Policy Exchange report - thank you @colinmurray.bsky.social @aoifemod.bsky.social

A must read from @colinmurray.bsky.social and @aoifemod.bsky.social correcting the record on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Vernon Bogdanor isn't wrong to flag the ECHR's importance given the minimal constraints on Westminster's legislative power. And that rights matter for minorities. But they matter for everyone - they are a cornerstone to the legitimacy of a system of government: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨 USEFUL EXPLAINER 🚨 @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social explain the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland

🚨New report finds UK media often misleads on immigration & the ECHR. From the bogus “chicken nuggets” deportation story to judges labelled “enemies of the people,” coverage creates a toxic “data fog.” We ask co-author Prof. @alicedonald.bsky.social can PSBs cut through the pollution? 🎙️

There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die" = Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure

"Reform has touted its plan as a “legal reset”. But it is better understood as a total rejection of the UK’s postwar international commitments to protect the human rights of everyone within its jurisdiction."

It is important to realise how outlandish it is to suggest that the UK leaving the ECHR does not undermine the B/GFA 1998. As @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social point out, it would rip up an essential element of this peace agreement: ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

This explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social looks at the relationship between the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR To understand what role the ECHR plays and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

Correcting the reports. UK withdrawal from the ECHR absolutely breaches the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

Those advocating UK withdrawal from the #ECHR argue that it would not breach the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement or negatively affect UK-EU relations. They are wrong, as this explainer written with @joellegrogan.bsky.social shows. @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

This is such a timely report by @basakcali.bsky.social @victoriaadamant.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social. It analyses almost 400 news pieces on immigration published in UK media, and reveals frequent misreporting of tribunal cases, and mischaracterisations of the role played by the ECHR

ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d... The impact of ECHR on UK immigration overrated ECtHR stops one UK deportation every 4/5 years UK courts - most recent figures are for 2021 - blocked 2.5% of deportations on "family life" grounds @joellegrogan.bsky.social @alicedonald.bsky.social & Victoria Adelmant

For a clear outline of the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law and whether the ECHR stops foreign criminals being removed from the UK, read our explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social & Victoria Adelmant 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d...

Our latest explainer examines the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law, particularly Article 3 and Article 8, and how it impacts the removal of foreign national criminals in the UK By @joellegrogan.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social & Victoria Adelmant ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d...

For a clear outline of the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law and whether the ECHR stops foreign criminals being removed from the UK, read our latest explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social & Victoria Adelmant 👇

For a clear outline of the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law and whether the ECHR stops foreign criminals being removed from the UK, read our explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social & Victoria Adelmant 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d...

With Suella Braverman having published a 'blueprint' for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, catch up on this explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social - on how the UK could go about leaving and what the consequences would be. ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/l...

NEW 📢📢 Q: Does the ECHR stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? A: Not nearly as often as media reports suggest! Read our @UKandEU explainer for facts & figures @BonaveroIHR @MDXlawss ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d...