Proceeding contribution from Edward Leigh (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on Council of Europe (UK Chairmanship).
Council of Europe (UK Chairmanship)
The European Court often gets blamed unfairly for judicial activism, but the real judicial activism is happening in our own courts, because the convention is incorporated in our law. That was the big mistake, and I am constantly referring to it, which is why I intervened earlier. In a sense, the focus of the debate is wrong. We cannot focus only on the Court in Strasbourg; we must also focus on our own courts.
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- Cyprus Democracy Homosexuality Human rights European Convention on Human Rights Gender European Union Internet Discrimination Freedom of expression European Court of Human Rights Parliament Sovereignty Reform Rule of law Turkey Council of Europe FIFA
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