When National Laws and Human Rights Standards Are at Odds - The British draft Bill of Rights and the Case of Positive Obligations

When National Laws and Human Rights Standards Are at Odds - The British draft Bill of Rights and the Case of Positive Obligations Volou, Aristi Author aut Text xx# 2022 Verfassungsblog 2022-07-13 eng The UK Government’s agenda to erode human rights and to disentangle the UK from its European partners has now been fully materialised. Soon after Brexit, the UK Government announced its intention to replace the Human Rights Act, which incorporates the rights set out in the ECHR into domestic law, with a British Bill of Rights. The replacement draft Bill of Rights is now being considered by Parliament. Although the draft Bill confirms that the catalogue of rights remains the same, it introduces many significant changes. The draft Bill will water down, not strengthen, human rights protection in the UK. CC BY-SA 4.0 Volou, Aristi Bill of Rights Human Rights Act positive obligations United Kingdom 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/at-odds/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20220713-233748-0 220713 10.17176/20220713-233748-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)