Alice Donald

As an admirer of The Economist, sad to see it recycling garbage about chicken nuggets and the ECHR. The former wasn’t why a man’s deportation was halted. The latter worked well in the upper tribunal that decided he should be deported, after all.

This event was organised by the Institute for Human Rights and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.Speakers: Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human… The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK

Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.

Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇

The Conservatives’ plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers' rights The Conservative Party’s latest flirtation with withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not just a reckless political stunt, it’s a direct threat to the rights and freedoms ...

The Conservatives’ plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers' rights - @pwielt.bsky.social on the importance of the ECHR and HRA for workers' rights, giving example of recent Mercer case re carer suspended for her role in industrial action, found to violate Art 11 www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/conser...

The Age of Backlash: The European Convention on Human Rights and the new Political Reality | DELI

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Looking forward to this conference on the ECHR at 75 years tomorrow in Berlin. I’ll be discussing migration before the @echr.coe.int with @danielthym.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and Catharina Ziebritzki @mpil.de - all infos and livestream here www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V...

Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter

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Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇

#ECHR

At our recent event, our trustee @alicedonald.bsky.social spoke about the power of economic and social rights, not just to protect people in times of hardship, but to help everyone thrive.

At Just Fair, we believe these rights should work as both protection and empowerment. 🌍⚖️

A Badge of Dishonour

In jumping off the precipice of ECHR withdrawal, the Conservative Party is aping - and legitimising - a policy which in the rest of Europe is only espoused by the far right verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dis...

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

And here's a simple explainer too of the relationship between the ECHR/GFA with @alicedonald.bsky.social.

Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls A new report from the University of Oxford's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The

*From availble data, we know the number of successful appeals was 0.73% of the total sentenced foreign national offenders.

See the latest @bonavero.bsky.social report on misrepresentation of human rights and migration, led by @alicedonald.bsky.social, @victoriaadamant.bsky.social & Başak Çalı.

Explainer: Does the European Convention on Human Rights stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe Joelle Grogan, Alice Donald and Victoria Adelman examine the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law.

Simple explainer of the law, and the statistics that are available* with @alicedonald.bsky.social

"Does the ECHR stop states from controlling their borders?"

No. The ECHR Court emphasises migration policies are up to states themselves.

"But the ECHR stops the UK from deporting foreign criminals."

No, it doesn't.

Successful human rights-based appeals against deportation are very rare.

Alice Donald on X: "The UK debate on the #ECHR is riven with misconceptions. This matters more and more as politicians discuss the extreme option of withdrawal. @bbcnickrobinson interviews on @BBCr4today yesterday contained three errors that go to the heart of this debate 1/10" / X The UK debate on the #ECHR is riven with misconceptions. This matters more and more as politicians discuss the extreme option of withdrawal. @bbcnickrobinson interviews on @BBCr4today yesterday contained three errors that go to the heart of this debate 1/10

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Important to hear Hilary Benn affirm, in his Labour Conference Speech, that the official position is that the UK leaving the ECHR would indeed undermine the UK's commitments under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 1998:

A Badge of Dishonour

The Conservatives look set to announce withdrawal from the #ECHR as policy.

This reckless move would fly jn the face of evidence both as to the benefits of ECHR membership and the costs of withdrawal - including to efforts to control irregular migration
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Quote from our post by Alice Donald: “Pushback against the ECtHR over immigration is neither new nor confined to the UK. But what once sounded like fringe rhetoric is now being echoed at the very centre of British Politics.”

Starting this Sunday, the UK Conservatives will hold their annual party conference and possibly adopt a new flagship policy: withdrawal from the ECHR.

That would legitimise the playbook of the far-right, warns ALICE DONALD (@alicedonald.bsky.social).

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The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

For a clear explanation of the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this from @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social 👇

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This outstanding point-by-point rebuttal is the final word in correcting the foolish and nonsensical Policy Exchange report - thank you @colinmurray.bsky.social @aoifemod.bsky.social

A must read from @colinmurray.bsky.social and @aoifemod.bsky.social correcting the record on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Vernon Bogdanor isn't wrong to flag the ECHR's importance given the minimal constraints on Westminster's legislative power. And that rights matter for minorities. But they matter for everyone - they are a cornerstone to the legitimacy of a system of government:

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The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

🚨 USEFUL EXPLAINER 🚨

@joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social explain the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland

🚨New report finds UK media often misleads on immigration & the ECHR.
From the bogus “chicken nuggets” deportation story to judges labelled “enemies of the people,” coverage creates a toxic “data fog.”
We ask co-author Prof. @alicedonald.bsky.social can PSBs cut through the pollution? 🎙️

There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die"

= Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure

Treaties like the ECHR protect everyone in the UK, not just migrants These commitments have cemented the UK at the heart of the rules-based international order.

"Reform has touted its plan as a “legal reset”. But it is better understood as a total rejection of the UK’s postwar international commitments to protect the human rights of everyone within its jurisdiction."

It is important to realise how outlandish it is to suggest that the UK leaving the ECHR does not undermine the B/GFA 1998. As @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social point out, it would rip up an essential element of this peace agreement:

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The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe This explainer examines the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. It explores the role that...

This explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social looks at the relationship between the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR

To understand what role the ECHR plays and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this 👇

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The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe This explainer examines the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. It explores the role that...

Correcting the reports.

UK withdrawal from the ECHR absolutely breaches the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

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