Echr in a sentence

If section 24 is breached, a court may quash a Minister’s decision, prohibit or injunct a Minister from acting in an ECHR-non-compliant manner, declare that a Minister acted unlawfully or mandate that a Minister act in a way which is ECHR compliant.

Activists welcomed the ECHR's judgement, saying they hoped to see a bill concerning civil partnership, which has stalled in parliament since 2019, finally becoming law.

Andrew Mitchell warned strongly against leaving the ECHR amid the ongoing debate about small boats crossing the Channel.

But Tories want to ensure that the ECHR and the Strasbourg court that rules on it will not prevent the policy from being implemented.

Downing Street has so far not ruled out leaving the ECHR, and maintains the crossings can be stopped within the rules of the convention.

For the UK to leave the ECHR, the Human Rights Act 1998 would have to be repealed.

However, right-wing Tory MPs are also understood to be drawing up plans to further toughen the bill with an amendment to pull the UK out of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).

In an address in the US last week, Mrs Braverman argued that multiculturalism had "failed" and called for international treaties such as the UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) should be reformed.

I want to live in a country that respects rule of law and ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) rulings,” said digital market specialist Sukru Ucar, 35.

Members of the British government have said they want to pull out of the ECHR to allow for a highly controversial crackdown on migration.

Should this guidance later be shown to be insufficiently precise, a regulator’s actions may be held to be unlawful where they engage qualified rights conferred by the ECHR.

The Council of Europe membership consists of countries signed up to the ECHR.

The home secretary has admitted in a formal statement that the bill may breach the ECHR, and government documents list the “prohibition of slavery” and “prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment” among the clauses threatened.

The home secretary is considering changes to head off a rebellion by up to 60 Tory MPs on the right who want to stop British judges from following decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on deportations.

The operators of the 16-bedroom Aberdeen Lodge hotel in Sandymount, Dublin 4 have claimed the purported sale of the property is unconstitutional and in breach of their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The UK’s continued participation in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) will depend on the actions of Strasbourg judges, Dominic Raab suggested.

While some Tories, including red wall MP Jonathan Gullis, have been calling from the UK to leave the ECHR, others have been left aghast at the prospect.

As for ECHR, the right-wing newspapers have long expressed their opposition.

But Badenoch said that, although she would not rule out an exit, leaving the ECHR would not prove a "silver bullet" on the issue of small boats.

Calls were made by multiple representatives for closer scrutiny of the potential implications of challenges to human rights frameworks such as the HRA and ECHR.