UK to exempt Armed Forces from European convention on human rights
 

UK to exempt Armed Forces from European convention on human rights
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Theresa May wants to introduce an automatic "opt out" from the European convention on human rights (ECHR) for British military involved in future conflicts.*

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The aim is to "put an end to the industry of vexatious claims" that has seen veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars pursued on allegations of mistreatment and abuse of fighters and prisoners, May said.*

The government would introduce a "presumption to derogate" from the ECHR in warfare, it stated.*

"Our legal system has been abused to level false charges against our troops on an industrial scale," Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said.* Read more...

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