Ministers are on the brink of securing historic reform of the European Court of Human Rights to stop it over-ruling British judges on immigration cases, Kenneth Clarke has disclosed.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Justice Secretary reveals that Britain is poised strike a deal to overhaul the controversial human rights court to stop it being used by “every individual who has lost his own particular case”.
Cabinet ministers were ordered earlier this week to lobby their European counterparts to support the historic change in the court’s remit and a deal is now expected to be agreed at a conference in London next April.
Mr Clarke said: “What we are trying to do is get the role of the court sorted out so that it deals with serious human rights issues of the kind that require an international court.
“We want the court back to its proper business as an international court which takes up serious issues of principle when a member state or its courts, or its parliament, are arguably in serious breach of the [European Human Rights] convention.”
Reform will end the situation were “everybody who’s just lost his arguments about deportation should be able to go there and get in the queue, wait a few years to get it all reheard again when he’s lost the argument three times already” in the UK.
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In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Justice Secretary reveals that Britain is poised strike a deal to overhaul the controversial human rights court to stop it being used by “every individual who has lost his own particular case”.
Cabinet ministers were ordered earlier this week to lobby their European counterparts to support the historic change in the court’s remit and a deal is now expected to be agreed at a conference in London next April.
Mr Clarke said: “What we are trying to do is get the role of the court sorted out so that it deals with serious human rights issues of the kind that require an international court.
“We want the court back to its proper business as an international court which takes up serious issues of principle when a member state or its courts, or its parliament, are arguably in serious breach of the [European Human Rights] convention.”
Reform will end the situation were “everybody who’s just lost his arguments about deportation should be able to go there and get in the queue, wait a few years to get it all reheard again when he’s lost the argument three times already” in the UK.
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Ministers on the brink of human rights reform, says Ken Clarke - Telegraph