The European Movement UK started a petition asking people to sign an Act now to protect our rights.
The European Movement UK started a petition asking people to sign an Act now to protect our rights.
Sign the petition to keep the UK in the ECHR.
Now, The European Movement should be renamed the European Union UK because it has been hijacked by pro-EU people, The Movment has been going since the 60s It's now Chairman Mike Galsworthy has taken over from Lord Adonis a Labour Peer and a devout EU supporter.
Now you know a bit about the movment back to the Petition…
It's asking people to sign because this Sunak Government wants to leave the European Court of Human Rights ECHR the court that is supposed to look after our human rights in Europe. It has nothing to do with the EU it's a law body that sits outside the EU. Although you can be forgiven thinking the EU runs it.
I noticed people had signed the Petition which is not surprising as they will be Rejoiners.
Although I am not a Lawyer I do know a bit about the Law and what it entails, so I posed a question which was this.
WHY IS THE EU not in the European Court of Human Rights ECHR?
It's a simple question and one I know the answer to, and I was wondering if readers know the answer. The answer will be revealed below as you continue to read I just wondered if anyone else knew. After all 27 countries along with the UK have signed up for it so why has the EU still not signed up?
It becomes more of a mystery when you know that in 2013 it reached an agreement to join. Yet it's now 2024 and still no sign of it joining so why?
Well, it's pretty simple really.
The EU's court the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) blocked the EU from joining. But again I have to ask readers WHY they blocked the EU from joining the European Court of Human Rights ECHR. Again the answer is quite simple. If you dont know can you take a punt at the answer?
For the ones who dont have a clue I will explain
It's the same reason why the Sunak government now wants out of the European Court of Human Rights ECHR.
Here is what the EU Commission has to say about the EU’s current position:-
“At present, all 46 Council of Europe member states, including the 27 EU Member States, are already parties to the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the EU itself is not. This means that actions of the EU’s institutions, agencies and other bodies cannot currently be challenged at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.”
- European External Action Service (EU Commission), 18 Oct 2021
Now do you get why the EU itself refuses to sign?
This means that actions of the EU’s institutions, agencies and other bodies cannot currently be challenged at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.”
This means the EU can pass any law concerning ANYTHING and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.” CANNOT challenge the legitimacy of it like it could if the EU had signed up to the convention
I will give you a hypothetical law that the EU could pass concerning the countries living in the EU. It's an apt hypothetical law given what going on in Ukraine and the Middle East where total war concerning Europe could break out at any moment. The EU could if it wished pass a law that every 18-year-old in the EU should join the military for three or four years no ifs no buts they will join and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.” cannot say NO they wont it against their human rights for you to order them to do this.
Now you might ask the Question Does the UK’s Supreme Court have to obey the ECHR?
Yes
It has been suggested by some commentators that the UK does not have to obey the rulings of the ECHR, but merely treats them as ‘advisory’. Below is what the ECHR has to say about this.
“[The Court’s] judgments are binding on the countries concerned and have led governments to alter their legislation and administrative practice in a wide range of areas.”
- ECHR document, accessed 14 Aug 2022
And did you know this The EU insists the UK must stay under the ECHR, but won’t sign up for it?
In what must surely be one of the most blatant acts of EU hypocrisy, the EU insisted as part of the UK-EU ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’ that the UK remained signed up to the ECHR.
