Replacing Human Rights Act will weaken protections, say peers and MPs
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5Y43J)
Joint committee on human rights says plans contravene principle that human rights are universal
Dominic Raab's proposal to replace the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights is not evidence-based and will diminish protections for individuals, MPs and peers have said.
The criticisms by the joint committee on human rights (JCHR) are the latest directed at the planned changes, which the justice secretary has said will counter wokery and political correctness" and expedite the deportation of foreign criminals.
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