Human Rights Reform and the UK's International Human Rights Obligations

32 Pages Posted: 7 Nov 2016

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Tobias Lock

Maynooth University Department of Law

Date Written: November 7, 2016

Abstract

Human rights reform in the UK cannot be seen in isolation from its international legal context. Should reform efforts result in a substantive reduction of human rights protection within the UK's domestic legal order, which falls short of the many international obligations undertaken by the UK, this would place the UK in breach of international law.

This paper provides an overview of the UK's international human rights obligations and how they are reflected in domestic law. This in turn informs the discussion first on how these obligations might be affected by future domestic reform efforts; and second on how domestic human rights reform might affect the international system for human rights protection.

Keywords: human rights; UK constitution; ECHR

Suggested Citation

Lock, Tobias, Human Rights Reform and the UK's International Human Rights Obligations (November 7, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2865613 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2865613

Tobias Lock (Contact Author)

Maynooth University Department of Law ( email )

Maynooth, County Kildare
Ireland

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