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Not sure what the thrust is here, but there was some form of insistence early on that certain parts of any deal be conditional on UK being part of ECHR. I beli
by hardlianotion 6y ago
Not sure what the thrust is here, but there was some form of insistence early on that certain parts of any deal be conditional on UK being part of ECHR. I believe that was negotiated away, but it remains the case that UK remains a member of ECHR.
- tremon 6y agoThe ECJ is part of the ECHR framework, not part of the EU framework. So by remaining part of the ECHR, the UK is still -technically- bound by the rulings of the ECJ. The rub is, that the ECHR has no enforcement mechanism by itself, so the UK could just choose to ignore any rulings of the ECJ it doesn't like. It was the EU treaties that made adherence to the ECJ rulings mandatory, and therefore formed an enforcement mechanism for the ECJ.
- antientropic 6y agoNo, the ECJ is the highest court of the EU. You're confusing the European Court of Justice (EU institution) with the European Court of Human Rights (Council of Europe institution).