Martin Seely from Worsley makes a really important point in this letter to the Times👇 🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/lett... (£) Leaving the #ECHR would reduce human rights protections across the board for everyone in the UK. Babies and bathwater spring to mind.

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

In which former UK Lord Chancellor David Gauke (once again) destroys the often-repeated tale about #ChickenNuggets and the #ECHR👇 🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... via @thetimes.com #BendyBananas #NotAgain

Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇 🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social

What has the European Convention on #HumanRights ever done for anyone? Here are more than 200 examples👇 🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Great questions today @ Parliamentary Assembly Q&A. @coe.int has a unique role in safeguarding rights, strengthening democracy & tackling disinformation. No country can do it alone — but together, we can. We’ll carry this debate forward at the #EPC in Copenhagen. Watch full Q&A: youtu.be/TJyrGfbZgPg

Interesting: The Nottingham Post/Nottinghamshire Live are using the European Convention on #HumanRights to challenge a council leader's decision not to speak to their journalists👇 🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via BBC News #FreeSpeech #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Democracy is facing a “perfect storm”, Council of Europe boss Alain Berset tells Newsweek👇 🔗 www.newsweek.com/council-of-e... via www.newsweek.com

The European Court of #HumanRights has started publishing a weekly summary of requests for “interim measures”. From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%). Figures by country👇 Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc #ECHR #Rule39

The European Court of #HumanRights has ruled against Italy for not doing enough to tackle #DomesticViolence. Here are several more examples of how the #ECHR system has helped shift the needle on #ViolenceAgainstWomen👇 🔗 go.coe.int/e9Pqg #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW

Donald Trump cited the Council of Europe’s Annual Penal Statistics (known as the SPACE I report) at the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. Here they are in full👇 🔗 wp.unil.ch/space/space-... @coe.int

🎉France has launched a new stamp to celebrate 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights👇 🔗 go.coe.int/f8yzd Maybe the UK should do the same?🤔 #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75

Hugh Mercer KC has been sworn in as the UK's new judge at the European Court of Human Rights, following his election (yes, election) by the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly👇

The European Court of Human Rights has today backed the UK (as it generally does) in a new case concerning voting rights for prisoners. Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/ZTxdw The previous UK #PrisonerVoting case was closed in 2018 after the government introduced some administrative changes. #ECHR

Interesting: The term ‘Chesterton’s Fence’ means “don’t take down a fence until you know why it was put up,” explains Anna Richards👇 🔗 consoc.org.uk/leaving-the-... via www.consoc.org.uk Today’s Chesterton’s Fence is the European Convention on Human Rights. #Privacy #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Interesting: Does police use of #FacialRecognition technology breach the #RightToPrivacy, #FreeSpeech and #FreedomOfExpression as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights? 🔗 www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic... via @thetimes.com #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Interesting: UK withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights would breach the #GoodFridayAgreement, says a new report from Queen’s University Belfast👇 🔗 www.irishlegal.com/articles/uk-... via @irishlegal.com #ECHR

Interesting: Top UK artists including Mick Jagger, Kate Bush and Paul McCartney are using the European Convention on #HumanRights in moves to protect their work ahead of a UK-US tech deal👇 🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2... via @theguardian.com #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #WhenWillYouNeedYours

Have you heard the one about a foreign criminal who couldn’t be deported, under the #ECHR, because his son didn’t like #ChickenNuggets abroad? It’s not actually true, believe it or not. 🔗 observer.co.uk/news/nationa... via @theobserveruk.bsky.social

What does “Europe” say about using criminal law to limit #FreeSpeech? Check out this new guide from the 46-member @coe.int👇 🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta... @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #ECHR #FreedomOfExpression

“The #ECHR is not an obstacle to effective immigration control. It does not ban deportation; it bans deportation to danger. It doesn’t bar removal to a safe, human-rights-compliant third country” - former UK Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer👇 🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... via @thetimes.com

“Like drinking from polluted water” How misleading media coverage of immigration and the #ECHR has distorted public debate in the UK👇 🔗 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/its-dri... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org has alerted the Council of Europe’s #MediaFreedom platform to a ban on Reform UK county councillors engaging with Nottinghamshire Live👇 🔗 fom.coe.int/en/alerte/de... @coe.int @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #FreeSpeech

Are #ChickenNuggets the new #BendyBananas? ICYMI, a new study from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is distorting UK public debate around immigration and the #ECHR👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social

This is a valuable contribution (& corrective) to the debate on the ECHR and immigration “Misreporting & inaccurate or incomplete information in public discourse undermines public confidence in the legal system and can lead to an erosion of trust in the rule of law” www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Interesting: The #ECHR is a 'fundamental safeguard' for the #GoodFridayAgreement, says Ireland's deputy prime minister👇 🔗 www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... via @irishtimes.com

So, you know all that stuff about #ChickenNuggets and the #ECHR? Turns out it might not be 100% what it seems. It’s worth reading this in full (and then sharing it with other people)👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social #NotAgain

Re-posting, because this is important and there’s an updated link to the research👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social #Misinformation #ECHR

Well, there's a thing. New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social

Interesting: Is the European Convention on #HumanRights more Swedish than Abba? 🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/europe... via @thetimes.com Sweden has a 100% record when it comes to implementing #ECHR rulings👇

The European Convention on Human Rights entered into force 72 years ago today. Pulling out now would be a “profound mistake”, says Sir Keir Starmer👇 🔗 news.sky.com/video/prime-... via @skynewsrss.bsky.social #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

The European Convention on Human Rights entered into force on this day in 1953. The convention has improved people’s lives, in many different ways, across the continent. Here are more than 200 examples: www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Interesting: “The European courts have also been instrumental in advancing the rights of #LGBTIQ people, after they were denied by successive governments in Westminster.”👇 🔗 www.opendemocracy.net/en/us-far-ri... by @drcharlottegalpin.bsky.social via @opendemocracy.net #ECHR #NoDiscrimination

Worth a read: Treaties like the #ECHR protect everyone in the UK, not just migrants👇 🔗 theconversation.com/treaties-lik... via @theconversation.com

Um, and some 70m people in the UK would no longer have access to the strongest system of international human rights protection in the world, which the UK has been instrumental in creating and helping to develop over the last 75 years... www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic... #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

The latest polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social showed a sharp INCREASE in support for the UK staying in the European Convention on Human Rights. Read the research👇 🔗 www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig... #ECHR #SilentMajority

In the news recently, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking convention helps to prevent human trafficking, protect victims and prosecute traffickers. It covers all 46 @coe.int countries, plus Belarus and Israel. Find out more👇 🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/anti-... #NoTrafficking

The latest polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social found that 58% of UK people wanted to stay in the European Court of Human Rights, @luketryl.bsky.social tells @channel4news.bsky.social👇 🔗 www.channel4.com/news/public-... That was actually up over the past year. #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Interesting: A British Bill of Rights won’t do what Farage imagines, writes the UK’s top legal commentator @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social 👇 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08... via @telegraphnews.bsky.social #ECHR

Silence is not #consent: Estonia is the latest country to update its rape laws in line with the Council of Europe’s #IstanbulConvention on #ViolenceAgainstWomen👇 🔗 news.err.ee/1609774476/e... via www.err.ee #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #IstanbulConvention #IstanbulConventionSavesLives @coe.int

MUST READ explainer from @ukandeu.bsky.social👇 Does the European Convention on #HumanRights REALLY stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d... #ECHR #ChickenNuggets

The Council of Europe has highlighted shortcomings in protecting women from violence in the UK👇 🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/uk-wome... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW #IstanbulConvention #IstanbulConventionSavesLives @coe.int

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has elected Hugh Mercer as the UK’s next judge at the European Court of Human Rights👇 🔗 pace.coe.int/en/news/9943... #Democracy #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #ECHR @coe.int @pace.coe.int @echr.coe.int

Watch live now: a debate on the European Court of Human Rights, with the participation of its President: youtube.com/watch?v=GWN5... MPs from the 46 @coe.int nations bound by the #ECHR react to the recent call by nine prime ministers for reflection on the Court's migration rulings.

#WorldRefugeeDay: “Protecting those who have no choice but to flee violence and persecution is both a moral duty and a legal obligation,” says Council of Europe boss @alain-berset.coe.int👇 🔗 www.rfi.fr/en/france/20... via @rfi.fr @coe.int #ECHR

The special tribunal for the crime of aggression against #Ukraine will be a benchmark for international justice in years to come, says the head of the International Bar Association 👇 🔗 www.ibanet.org/Endorsement-... via @ibanews.bsky.social @coe.int #Justice #Accountability #RuleOfLaw

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social and Gaie Delap are using the European Convention on Human Rights to challenge restrictions on peaceful protests in the UK👇 🔗 www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/ch... via www.solicitorsjournal.com #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #ECHR #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours

Interesting: Despite the relentlessly negative media coverage, most people in the UK want to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights👇 🔗 yougov.co.uk/topics/inter... via @yougov.co.uk #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

In @lemonde.fr, I warned against politicising the European Court of Human Rights — a cornerstone of global European public order. If some governments have political issues with the Court’s case-law, then they should deal with them at political level. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

The Council of Europe’s #HumanRights commissioner has asked Hungary’s parliament not to adopt a draft law that would stifle civil society 👇 🔗 www.coe.int/fr/web/commi... @coe.int @commissionerhr.coe.int