Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 127688

European Convention on Human Rights

Tabled: 15 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on reforming the ECHR.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Last month, the Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe adopted elements for a Council of Europe Political Declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and irregular migration. Negotiations on the Political Declaratio...

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