http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220719-233624-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/uk-unilateralism/ The Bill of Rights Bill and the damages of UK’s unilateralism Gentile, Giulia eng 2022-07-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bill of Rights Boris Johnson ECHR Human Rights Act Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol UK United Kingdom Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Just a fortnight before the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the UK Government published its draft Bill of Rights Bill, which seeks to repeal and amend the 1998 Human Rights Act which incorporated the ECHR into UK law (section 1(1) of the Bill). The Bill is an expression of a broader trend emerging in UK policies to unilaterally amend (or even avoid) international law commitments.