Shabana Mahmood says UK will seek reform of human rights convention

Justice secretary says public confidence in the rule of law is fraying' but she wants to protect ECHR by changing it

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The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has said Britain will pursue reform of the European convention on human rights (ECHR), both at home and in Strasbourg, saying public confidence in the rule of law is fraying".

Mahmood's warning in her speech at the Council of Europe came as the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said she would undertake an examination of how the courts were applying the right to freedom from degrading treatment.