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Withdrawing from human rights convention is ‘wholly wrong’ says Justice Secretary when British Conservatives ‘wrote the damn thing’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...-rights-convention-wholly-wrong-says-justice/
"You know, it was British Conservative lawyers who wrote the damn thing back in 1950. We wrote it because we were leaders of Europe when it came to freedom, we wanted to underline the importance of fundamental rights and freedoms back then and that frankly for me is hugely important."
Churchill was a vocal proponent of the the efforts to create the Council of Europe and the Convention on Human rights, and he was Prime Minister when it came into force.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...-rights-convention-wholly-wrong-says-justice/
"You know, it was British Conservative lawyers who wrote the damn thing back in 1950. We wrote it because we were leaders of Europe when it came to freedom, we wanted to underline the importance of fundamental rights and freedoms back then and that frankly for me is hugely important."
Churchill was a vocal proponent of the the efforts to create the Council of Europe and the Convention on Human rights, and he was Prime Minister when it came into force.