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Leave European Convention on Human Rights, reestablish the primacy of UK courts.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Leave the European Convention on Human Rights to reestablish the primacy of UK courts and legislation. This is an anachronism left over from Brexit that needs to be expunged.
Failure to leave the ECHR will reduce the impact and intent of the Nationality & Borders Bill, allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the UK long after their application for leave to remain has been rejected.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the UK's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights, but existing UK legislation, and other international agreements, mean that this would not entirely separate UK decision-making from decisions by the European Court of Human Rights. The action you have requested would therefore not achieve what you have set out in your petition.

We also cannot publish petitions that contain false or unproven statements. This includes unsubstantiated speculation about the effect of the UK's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights on specific domestic policies.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

14 Dec 2021 Petition opened for signatures
17 Dec 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Dec 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.