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Neither Clegg nor Cameron can afford to back down on human rights
by Holly Smith / 15 Sep 2011 15:35
In the mighty coalition struggle there are some issues that neither partner is prepared to back down on without a fight. Human rights are fast becoming one of them. The Liberal Democrats continue to defend the Human Rights Act, whilst the Conservatives continuously pledge to get rid of it.
That's why the repeated call of the Conservative Party to renegotiate the European Convention on Human Rights to prevent immigrants abusing the current system
Mapping our human rights
by Alan Miller / 25 Mar 2011 10:30
Last week the Ministry of Justice announced the formation of a Commission to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights, to ‘ensure that our rights, freedoms and liberties are protected in a way that properly reflects our traditions’.
This comes after a long period of speculation that the Conservative Party within the coalition government may wish to scrap the Human Rights Act entirely, and the human rights community in the
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