Some British liberals have long dreamed of enacting a U.K. Bill of Rights. Now the United Kingdom’s ruling Conservative Party has put forth its own proposal for codifying human rights—but critics call it a smokescreen for decoupling from Europe.
In October, U.K. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling issued a strategy paper called “Protecting Human Rights in the U.K.,” setting out proposals for the Conservative Party’s May 2015 reelection platform. The plan would replace the U.K. Human Rights Act—which has made the European Convention on Human Rights part of U.K. law since 2000—with a British Bill of Rights through the enactment of legislation.
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