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EU law is established in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.
This body of law is different to the European Convention on Human Rights, which the EU does not officially follow, but does use as a rough guide. The Convention is judged on by the European Court of Human Rights, which is the court of the Council of Europe, which is not the EU, and which shouldnt be confused for the European Council, which is the EU.
The EU's Charter is judged on by the European Court of Justice. It wasn't legally binding until 2009, when the Lisbon Treaty put it into law for member states. It now overrides UK law automatically.
Being a member of the ECHR, we promise to follow its rulings. In reality, you don't have to. But our Human Rights Act went further and said that it is now UK law to follow ECHR rulings.
If we left the EU, we would still be in the ECHR and we would still follow ECHR rulings, which the Human Rights Act entitles us to do.
We'd have to leave the EU and drop the Human Rights Act to be free of all Europoor medling, although we'd still be in the Council of Europe, so the ECHR would still bug us about stuff, but we'd probably just ignore them.
Protocol 30 was an addition to the Lisbon Treaty that according to the ECJ is definitely not an opt-out of the EU's Charter for the UK, but in reality has somewhat acted as an opt-out.
This body of law is different to the European Convention on Human Rights, which the EU does not officially follow, but does use as a rough guide. The Convention is judged on by the European Court of Human Rights, which is the court of the Council of Europe, which is not the EU, and which shouldnt be confused for the European Council, which is the EU.
The EU's Charter is judged on by the European Court of Justice. It wasn't legally binding until 2009, when the Lisbon Treaty put it into law for member states. It now overrides UK law automatically.
Being a member of the ECHR, we promise to follow its rulings. In reality, you don't have to. But our Human Rights Act went further and said that it is now UK law to follow ECHR rulings.
If we left the EU, we would still be in the ECHR and we would still follow ECHR rulings, which the Human Rights Act entitles us to do.
We'd have to leave the EU and drop the Human Rights Act to be free of all Europoor medling, although we'd still be in the Council of Europe, so the ECHR would still bug us about stuff, but we'd probably just ignore them.
Protocol 30 was an addition to the Lisbon Treaty that according to the ECJ is definitely not an opt-out of the EU's Charter for the UK, but in reality has somewhat acted as an opt-out.
