Michael Gove to proceed with Tories' plans to scrap human rights act

Michael Gove to proceed with Tories' plans to scrap human rights act

Newly appointed justice secretary to follow through with pledge which would remove European court of human rights’ leverage over UK’s supreme court

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/10/michael-gove-to-proceed-with-tories-plans-to-scrap-human-rights-act

Conservatives plan to scrap Human Rights Act – read the full document
Chris Grayling's eight-page strategy paper 'Protecting human rights in the UK' promises to 'restore sovereignty to Westminster' through a parliamentary override, breaking the formal link between British courts and the European court of human rights

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2014/oct/03/conservatives-human-rights-act-full-document

Human Rights Act: What is it and why does Michael Gove want to scrap the policy?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/what-is-the-human-rights-act-and-why-does-michael-gove-want-to-scrap-it-10240527.html

It might be harder to scrap the Human Rights Act than the government thinks. Here's why

In their 80-page manifesto the Conservatives dedicated less than 50 words to a subject that is set to become the biggest test of David Cameron’s authority and the Tories’ small parliamentary majority.

“The next Conservative Government,” it said, “will scrap the Human Rights Act, and introduce a British Bill of Rights. This will break the formal link between British courts and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), and make our own Supreme Court the ultimate arbiter of human rights matters in the UK.”

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/it-might-be-harder-to-scrap-the-human-rights-act-than-the-government-thinks-heres-why--x1mQyT2xZb