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Plan to reverse European Court Rwanda rulings - BBC

Plan to reverse European Court Rwanda rulings - BBC

Plan to reverse European Court Rwanda rulings - BBC
Jun 21, 2022 1 min, 6 secs

The European Court of Human Rights block on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda could be overturned by ministers under new proposals.

It is part of changes to the Human Rights Act, introducing what ministers say will be tougher legal tests.

Critics say the proposals are confusing and would create two tiers of rights that hand more power to ministers.

But Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said his proposed Bill of Rights fixed problems with the Human Rights Act without abandoning it altogether.

Unveiling the plans, Mr Raab confirmed the government would not quit the European Convention on Human Rights, a set of legal safeguards allowing ordinary people to challenge what they say is unfair treatment by the government.

The Bill of Rights also includes measures proposed last year:.

The Strasbourg court, which is nothing to do with the European Union, issued an injunction blocking the home secretary from putting an asylum seeker on the flight, despite earlier decisions by judges in London not to intervene.

Under the government's proposed Bill of Rights, ministers would be able to ignore such injunctions, known as Rule 39 orders, because they are not technically part of international law.

Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK's chief executive, said the legislation would represent "a giant leap backwards for the rights of ordinary people".

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