UK ‘should cut links to European Court of Human Rights’

The United Kingdom should cut its ties with the 'expansionist' European Court of Human Rights, said a report by Policy Exchange, a right-leaning think tank, February 2011.

Two UCL academics rejected the report's key arguments and their response can be found via one of the related url hyperlinks.

Policy Exchange: Bringing rights back home. Making human rights compa,ble with parliamentary democracy in the UK, 2011 http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/pdfs/PX_Keeping_Human_Rights_at_Home_WEB_07_02_11.pdf

Website: Policy Exchange http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/

UCL: European Institute: Response to the Policy Exchange on the ECtHR, February 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-institute/news-repository/ecthr

BBC News, 10.2.11: MPs reject prisoner votes plan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12409426

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