Human rights law works well, judge tells Raab

European Court president says UK law has given it the best record in Europe

Europe’s most senior human rights judge told the justice secretary Dominic Raab this month that the United Kingdom continues to have the best human rights record in Europe.

Síofra O’Leary, president of the European Court of Human Rights, explained why this was when she responded to a question I had asked remotely at the court’s annual news conference in …