Recommendation 2

We welcome the various statements made by the Government that affirm its commitment to remaining party to the ECHR. However, the Secretary of State cast doubt over those commitments when he refused to rule out the possibility of the UK leaving the Convention in the future. Leaving the Convention would be a deplorable and regressive step, which would see the UK become an outlier in Europe alongside Russia and Belarus. The Government must be unequivocal in its commitment to the Convention and must continue to comply with its obligations under it. (Paragraph 32) Approach to interpretation: Convention rights