UK - plans to exempt soliders from European convention on human rights: euronews (in English)

euronews (in English)

Published on Oct 4, 2016

British troops are to be made exempt from European human rights laws in future conflicts under a new plan to protect soldiers from being sued or face jail time.

The government announced the policy change saying that the European convention on human rights (ECHR) was being misused and judgements went beyond their remit.

"Much of the litigation we face comes from the extension of the European Convention on Human Rights to the battlefield. That has been damaging our troops, undermining military o…

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