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It's nice to know this also applies to the UK even after Brexit (still a member of the ECHR).
by sackfield 3y ago
It's nice to know this also applies to the UK even after Brexit (still a member of the ECHR).
- jacobp100 3y ago[flagged]
- infamouscow 3y agoI'm not sure why this is being downvoted. Governments aren't accountable to their citizens, and there aren't any repercussions nor punishment for violating rights. Sure, the court might have ruled on this, but that's irrelevant when the government decides "national security" takes precedent and uses the media to manufacture the consent of the population into thinking extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. If most of the people with guns want to ignore the court, they will.
- tempestn 3y agoI expect it's being downvoted because it's patronizing and lacking in any useful information beyond an implied disagreement.
- x-complexity 3y agoIt's being downvoted because it's like saying "lol" or "L". Nothing substantive was added to the conversation.
- Georgelemental 3y agoAzerbaijan is in the ECHR too; doesn't stop them from imprisoning political dissidents, employing slave labor, committing war crimes, attacking other ECHR members, or performing ethnic cleansing.
- gpderetta 3y agoWell yes, generally the ECHR has no powers to compel compliance. But ECHR rulings are binding to EU members (and the the various organs of the EU including the ECJ have way to enforce them). ECHR are also still binding in the UK because legislation that says otherwise hasn't been passed yet.
- TheFuzzball 3y agoThe Tories have been talking about leaving the ECHR for years now.
- hayd 3y agoThey should've left, obviously, not sure what they've been doing with an 80 seat majority. But a silver lining is Cameron/May's "Snoopers' Charter" is utterly dead now.