Council’s commissioner for human rights says replacing act with British bill of rights would send ‘wrong signal’
Mijatović also expressed concern about the impact of the repeal of the HRA on the peace settlement in Northern Ireland, given that incorporation of the ECHR was an explicit commitment of the“It is crucial that this foundation is not undermined as a result of the proposed human rights reforms,” she said.
Mijatović also said the high number of children living in, or at risk of, poverty in the UK was “a serious human rights problem” and criticised public discourse relating to people in the UK. “Contrary to what some are trying to suggest, protecting women’s rights and the rights of trans people is not a zero-sum game,” she said.
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