Wednesday, 15 October 2014
The UK in the European Convention: fudge, or a shining example?
The UK in the European Convention: fudge, or a shining example?
My response:
The idea that the signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights intended to be anything other than fully bound by the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights is absolutely ridiculous. As if the European Court of Human Rights is just some sort of advisory or guidance body and not a proper court.
Clever people come along and try to smuggle the European Union 'subsidiarity principle' into the debate and muddy the waters in all sorts of other convoluted ways, but they can’t bat away the point that I’ve just made above.
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Except the European Convention of Human Rights or its court is not a product of the European Union. Rather the Council of Europe, an entirely different body. I agree with you though.
That's the point I was making, Alison - some people have tried to smuggle a EU thing into a discussion on the ECtHR, when they are actually distinct.
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