Discuss - Europe Human Rights - Allow Europe to determine UK's human rights laws

Should the European Court of Human Rights be able to determine some of our human rights laws?

Alliance Party "We also support efforts to ensure that human rights are at the heart of the EU settlement. Alliance believes that human rights protect us all and are an essential part of a modern and fair society. Protecting these on a Europe-wide level ensures that EU citizens have access to the same rights and civil liberties that they would have at home." Source: Alliance Party European Manifesto.

Conservative The Conservative party pledge to "stop the European Court of Human Rights forcing Britain to change our laws." Source: Conservative Party website

DUP "Continue to oppose the role of unelected judges within the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. She (Diane Dodds) will defend the independence and efficiency of the British criminal justice system." Source: DUP 2014 Manifesto.

Labour "Labour is proud of the benefits the Human Rights Act has brought to a countless number of people in the UK. We will passionately defend our membership of the European Convention on Human Rights. We mustn’t let the Tories turn back the clock." Source: Labour Party website, http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/our-human-rights-laws-protect-the-weak-from-the-strong

Liberal Democrat "Nick Clegg has launched an attack on Conservative plans to limit the power of the European Court of Human Rights." Source: BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28339686

Plaid Cymru "While we have concerns about the misuse of the European Arrest Warrant and want to see such claims investigated, the wider picture proves that the EU plays a vital role in protecting the rights of people throughout Wales and the wider UK. We would therefore fiercely challenge any attempt by the UK Government to repeal the Human Rights Act which would in effect withdraw UK citizens from the European Convention on Human Rights." Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/well-fight-tory-moves-scrap-7132703

SNP "Planning to pull the UK out of the European Court of Human Rights should alarm everyone who cares about these often hard fought for rights and would leave the UK as a pariah in Europe. " - Pete Wishart MP, SNP Home Affairs Spokesperson. http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2014/oct/threats-human-rights-coming-westminster

UKIP "We will repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a new British Bill of Rights." Source: UKIP, http://www.ukip.org/policies_for_people

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