An exploration of the threat by the UK Government to scrap the Human Rights Act, what it would mean for rights and how to resist it.

The Human Rights Act (HRA)completed incorporation of rights from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic UK law and came into effect in 2000. In doing so it made Convention rights available to the public and held the Government and public authorities accountable for their compliance with those same rights. This act of incorporation was also a key commitment by the United Kingdom Government under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement which helped secure peace in Northern Ireland.

Since that time the HRA has become the single most important piece of human rights legislation in the United Kingdom. Providing protection to individuals and guidance to public bodies. Yet the current UK Government are determined to undermine these protections and scrap the Human Rights Act. Earlier this year they brought forward legislation dubbed the 'Rights Removal Bill' which would have scrapped many of the key protections of the Act and replaced them with a much-weakened set of protections for the public.

Civil society across the UK resisted these changes through joint advocacy and campaigning via regional and UK wide alliances and the Bill was eventually shelved in September. Yet with the return of Dominic Raab to his former role as Justice Secretary it looks likely that this attempt to undermine rights will shortly be dusted off and returned to Westminster.

Join the Human Rights Consortium as they host a discussion about the Human Rights Act and hear from civil society members of the Save the Human Rights Act Coalition from across the UK. We will discuss why the Act has been so important for the protection of rights, what the current Government plans will mean for their work and how these regressive plans can be resisted.

If you care about human rights and want to find out about the single biggest threat to rights in the UK at the moment (and maybe even join the campaign to stop it) then please join us for this important discussion.