Source · Select Committees · Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Recommendation 16
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The Committee supports fully the European Convention on Human Rights.
Conclusion
The Committee supports fully the European Convention on Human Rights. We welcome the Government’s assurance, stated at the dispatch box and to this Committee in November 2020 and in March 2021, that it remains “absolutely committed” to the European Convention on Human Rights. The Trade and Co- operation Agreement is based on the UK continuing to apply the ECHR. The Government’s ongoing application of the ECHR is important in facilitating continued data sharing and effective extradition arrangements between the UK and Ireland. Robust human rights and legal safeguards both for accused persons and for victims of crimes are critical to providing a base from which effective and efficient co-operation can be facilitated. There is no room for doubt about the UK’s commitment to the ECHR or to its domestic effect. We welcome the fact that the Government will continue to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights in full, as successive Governments have done since 1950, when the UK was one of its founding signatories. (Paragraph 115) Cross-border co-operation on policing, security and criminal justice after Brexit 47 Future innovations in UK-Irish cross-border security co-operation
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
We have always been clear on the importance of high data protection standards in the UK and in the EU. We agree that good data protection underpins international law enforcement cooperation, which is why the UK is firmly committed to maintaining high data protection standards - now and in the future. Going forward, both the UK and the EU will keep each other’s data protection regimes under regular review.