ECHR ‘must evolve’
Justice secretary says trust erodes when rights deny common sense
The justice secretary’s call yesterday for reform of the European Convention on Human Rights will come as no surprise my subscribers.
As I reported on 30 May, Shabana Mahmood’s government colleague Lord Hermer KC insisted in a lecture the previous day that international law does not give unlimited powers to international courts. He said:
States agreeing …
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