CELS/CPL/LCIL Roundtable: 'The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom'

CELS, CPL and the Lauterpacht Centre are holding a roundtable event on 'The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom' which will be at 2-5:15pm.

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) remains one of the most significant instruments of human rights protection in Europe. Yet in the United Kingdom, its place in the constitutional order is increasingly contested. Political debate has raised questions about the appropriateness of the ECHR's reach, its domestic incorporation through the Human Rights Act 1998, and the proper balance between parliamentary sovereignty and Strasbourg supervision.

The aim of this, possibly first, roundtable is to bring together Cambridge academics to consider possible trajectories for reform and the mechanisms to achieve this. The discussion will provide a space not only for doctrinal and legal analysis but also for assessing political realities and potential path. The roundtable will start from the perspective that there is a perception, very strong in some quarters, that the ECHR is not fit for purpose. It will be assumed that participants will be familiar with the Wolfson report.

This is an internal invitational event. If you would like to attend email fre20@cam.ac.uk before midday on Monday 19 January.