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European Court of Human Rights

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 12 November 2025UIN 88557

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of membership of the ECHR.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

The UK is already a High Contracting Party of the ECHR and has been since it entered into force in 1953.

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