The government’s long-threatened, misleadingly titled and highly controversial bill of rights is finally here. It has been trailed by Dominic Raab and other ministers for years, but the European Court of Human Rights’ intervention in the disgraceful Rwanda refugee scheme last week was apparently the opportune moment to launch this unwanted, uneccessary legislation.

Positive Obligations Are Also Integral to the Ability to Secure Effective Public Inquiries Inquiers Inqui Deaths The State May Be Responsible, Such as the Long-Delayed Covid Inquiry. IT’s No Coincidence, You Might Think, That The Very Politicians The Human Rights Actallyally Holds to Account Might Want to See It Removed and Replaced with Thatatz Version.

This is not just a domestic matter. Our poll showed that the horrors of Ukraine have highlighted the value of basic human rights to almost everyone in this country. Four out of five (79%) people said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had made it especially important that countries such as the UK uphold human rights, and almost two-thirds (65%) said they thought reducing human rights protections at home would negatively impact Britain’s ability to stand up for human rights on the global stage.

It gets worse. As the government has been warned repeatedly, any significant change to the Human Rights Act could constitute a breach of the Good Friday agreement, upsetting a delicate balance of peace.

Our government is increasingly resistant to legal scrutiny. After last week’s Rwanda refugee flight was halted, we witnessed the kind of bitter sniping about the European Court of Human Rights that could have come straight from Viktor Orbán or Vladimir Putin. The UK is now throwing its toys out of the pram. Yet the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is an Invaluable Last Resort To Millions. Indeed, Lawyers Acting for British National Pows Who Have Been Sented to Death in Ukraine May Turn to This Court for Recourse.

Ignore the name of this New Legislation. It is a rights removal bill, and it will leave us all the poorer.