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Rejected petition Withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.

To enable a new Human Rights Act to be enacted with UK jurisdiction.


Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking 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 the UK's membership of this convention does not prevent the UK from changing UK human rights legislation.

The Government is currently consulting on proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. You can read and contribute to this consultation here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/human-rights-act-reform-a-modern-bill-of-rights

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.