OUR RIGHTS UNDER THREAT Government plans to scrap the Human Rights Act will remove a vital protection against state racism, experts say by richardsudan
CHANGE FOR THE WORSE: European Human Rights law has played a major role in legal action taken by the families of black deaths in custody, but could soon be scrapped in the UK.
The Human Rights Act, which enshrines the European Human Rights Convention into UK law, offers a layer of protection especially those fighting cases against the state. An independent panel set up by the government last year found that there was ‘no case’ for reform of the Human Rights Act, but ministers led by Johnson and Dominic Raab want to press ahead regardless.
“As an onslaught of racist legislation is set to become law, ethnic minority people in the UK face the most significant threat to their civil rights in recent memory. This would disproportionately hurt those communities who already have to fight for their rights, fight to belong, and fight to secure justice, and harm the UK’s reputation as a champion of equality andStefanie Alvarez, co-chair of Save Latin Village campaign and a pupil barrister at Imperium Chambers, outlined how the Human Rights Act had helped her own family as well as being a vital tool in the law she practices.
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