Andrew Cutting
@andrewcutting.coe.int
Working on communicating the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective #HumanRights protection mechanism in world history" (Baroness Shami Chakrabarti)
See also https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
N.B. CoE ≠ EU
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective #HumanRights protection mechanism in world history" (Baroness Shami Chakrabarti)
See also https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
N.B. CoE ≠ EU
So do the British people actually want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights?
🔗 theconversation.com/do-british-p... via @theconversation.com
Spoiler alert: No
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 theconversation.com/do-british-p... via @theconversation.com
Spoiler alert: No
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
So do the British people actually want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights?
🔗 theconversation.com/do-british-p... via @theconversation.com
Spoiler alert: No
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 theconversation.com/do-british-p... via @theconversation.com
Spoiler alert: No
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Interesting: Why withdrawing from the #ECHR would undermine Conservative environmentalism👇
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/23/c... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
#HumanRights #Environment
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/23/c... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
#HumanRights #Environment
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Interesting: Why withdrawing from the #ECHR would undermine Conservative environmentalism👇
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/23/c... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
#HumanRights #Environment
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/23/c... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
#HumanRights #Environment
There goes that European Court of Human Rights again.
Using the #HumanRights convention to hold states to account for not properly investigating drug rape claims.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours
Using the #HumanRights convention to hold states to account for not properly investigating drug rape claims.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There goes that European Court of Human Rights again.
Using the #HumanRights convention to hold states to account for not properly investigating drug rape claims.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours
Using the #HumanRights convention to hold states to account for not properly investigating drug rape claims.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours
The Spanish authorities failed to properly investigate allegations that two women had been drugged and raped, rules the European Court of Human Rights.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #Article3 #Article8 #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #Article3 #Article8 #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Spanish authorities failed to properly investigate allegations that two women had been drugged and raped, rules the European Court of Human Rights.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #Article3 #Article8 #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/SyILv
#ECHR #Article3 #Article8 #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
In the last 10 years, around 1 in 1,000 applications to the European Court of Human Rights has led to a violation judgment concerning immigration.
Check out our new factsheet on #Migration and the #ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/FSABl
@coe.int @echr.coe.int
Check out our new factsheet on #Migration and the #ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/FSABl
@coe.int @echr.coe.int
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In the last 10 years, around 1 in 1,000 applications to the European Court of Human Rights has led to a violation judgment concerning immigration.
Check out our new factsheet on #Migration and the #ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/FSABl
@coe.int @echr.coe.int
Check out our new factsheet on #Migration and the #ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/FSABl
@coe.int @echr.coe.int
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🧵 What do Britons really think about leaving the #ECHR?
Fascinating new data from @yougov.co.uk👇
🔗 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Fascinating new data from @yougov.co.uk👇
🔗 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🧵 What do Britons really think about leaving the #ECHR?
Fascinating new data from @yougov.co.uk👇
🔗 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Fascinating new data from @yougov.co.uk👇
🔗 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Martin Seely from Worsley makes a really important point in this letter to the Times👇
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/lett... (£)
Leaving the #ECHR would reduce human rights protections across the board for everyone in the UK.
Babies and bathwater spring to mind.
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/lett... (£)
Leaving the #ECHR would reduce human rights protections across the board for everyone in the UK.
Babies and bathwater spring to mind.
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Martin Seely from Worsley makes a really important point in this letter to the Times👇
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/lett... (£)
Leaving the #ECHR would reduce human rights protections across the board for everyone in the UK.
Babies and bathwater spring to mind.
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/lett... (£)
Leaving the #ECHR would reduce human rights protections across the board for everyone in the UK.
Babies and bathwater spring to mind.
Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?
Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇
#ECHR
Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇
#ECHR
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?
Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇
#ECHR
Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇
#ECHR
Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
The European Court of #HumanRights has started publishing a weekly summary of requests for “interim measures”.
From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%).
Figures by country👇
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc
#ECHR #Rule39
From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%).
Figures by country👇
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc
#ECHR #Rule39
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The European Court of #HumanRights has started publishing a weekly summary of requests for “interim measures”.
From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%).
Figures by country👇
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc
#ECHR #Rule39
From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%).
Figures by country👇
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc
#ECHR #Rule39
The European Court of #HumanRights has ruled against Italy for not doing enough to tackle #DomesticViolence.
Here are several more examples of how the #ECHR system has helped shift the needle on #ViolenceAgainstWomen👇
🔗 go.coe.int/e9Pqg
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
Here are several more examples of how the #ECHR system has helped shift the needle on #ViolenceAgainstWomen👇
🔗 go.coe.int/e9Pqg
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The European Court of #HumanRights has ruled against Italy for not doing enough to tackle #DomesticViolence.
Here are several more examples of how the #ECHR system has helped shift the needle on #ViolenceAgainstWomen👇
🔗 go.coe.int/e9Pqg
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
Here are several more examples of how the #ECHR system has helped shift the needle on #ViolenceAgainstWomen👇
🔗 go.coe.int/e9Pqg
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
🎉France has launched a new stamp to celebrate 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights👇
🔗 go.coe.int/f8yzd
Maybe the UK should do the same?🤔
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
🔗 go.coe.int/f8yzd
Maybe the UK should do the same?🤔
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
September 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎉France has launched a new stamp to celebrate 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights👇
🔗 go.coe.int/f8yzd
Maybe the UK should do the same?🤔
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
🔗 go.coe.int/f8yzd
Maybe the UK should do the same?🤔
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
The European Court of Human Rights dealt with 332 UK applications in 2024, of which 328 were found inadmissible or struck out.
It issued 3 UK judgments last year, just 1 of which, brought by the publisher of the Daily Mail, found a human rights violation.
More info: go.coe.int/iGna8 (pdf)
#ECHR
It issued 3 UK judgments last year, just 1 of which, brought by the publisher of the Daily Mail, found a human rights violation.
More info: go.coe.int/iGna8 (pdf)
#ECHR
September 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The European Court of Human Rights dealt with 332 UK applications in 2024, of which 328 were found inadmissible or struck out.
It issued 3 UK judgments last year, just 1 of which, brought by the publisher of the Daily Mail, found a human rights violation.
More info: go.coe.int/iGna8 (pdf)
#ECHR
It issued 3 UK judgments last year, just 1 of which, brought by the publisher of the Daily Mail, found a human rights violation.
More info: go.coe.int/iGna8 (pdf)
#ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has today backed the UK (as it generally does) in a new case concerning voting rights for prisoners.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/ZTxdw
The previous UK #PrisonerVoting case was closed in 2018 after the government introduced some administrative changes.
#ECHR
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/ZTxdw
The previous UK #PrisonerVoting case was closed in 2018 after the government introduced some administrative changes.
#ECHR
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The European Court of Human Rights has today backed the UK (as it generally does) in a new case concerning voting rights for prisoners.
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/ZTxdw
The previous UK #PrisonerVoting case was closed in 2018 after the government introduced some administrative changes.
#ECHR
Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/ZTxdw
The previous UK #PrisonerVoting case was closed in 2018 after the government introduced some administrative changes.
#ECHR
Interesting: The term ‘Chesterton’s Fence’ means “don’t take down a fence until you know why it was put up,” explains Anna Richards👇
🔗 consoc.org.uk/leaving-the-... via www.consoc.org.uk
Today’s Chesterton’s Fence is the European Convention on Human Rights.
#Privacy #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 consoc.org.uk/leaving-the-... via www.consoc.org.uk
Today’s Chesterton’s Fence is the European Convention on Human Rights.
#Privacy #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Interesting: The term ‘Chesterton’s Fence’ means “don’t take down a fence until you know why it was put up,” explains Anna Richards👇
🔗 consoc.org.uk/leaving-the-... via www.consoc.org.uk
Today’s Chesterton’s Fence is the European Convention on Human Rights.
#Privacy #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 consoc.org.uk/leaving-the-... via www.consoc.org.uk
Today’s Chesterton’s Fence is the European Convention on Human Rights.
#Privacy #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
What does “Europe” say about using criminal law to limit #FreeSpeech?
Check out this new guide from the 46-member @coe.int👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coemediafreedom.bsky.social #ECHR #FreedomOfExpression
Check out this new guide from the 46-member @coe.int👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coemediafreedom.bsky.social #ECHR #FreedomOfExpression
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
What does “Europe” say about using criminal law to limit #FreeSpeech?
Check out this new guide from the 46-member @coe.int👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coemediafreedom.bsky.social #ECHR #FreedomOfExpression
Check out this new guide from the 46-member @coe.int👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coemediafreedom.bsky.social #ECHR #FreedomOfExpression
“The #ECHR is not an obstacle to effective immigration control. It does not ban deportation; it bans deportation to danger. It doesn’t bar removal to a safe, human-rights-compliant third country” - former UK Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer👇
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... via @thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... via @thetimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“The #ECHR is not an obstacle to effective immigration control. It does not ban deportation; it bans deportation to danger. It doesn’t bar removal to a safe, human-rights-compliant third country” - former UK Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer👇
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... via @thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... via @thetimes.com
Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org has alerted the Council of Europe’s #MediaFreedom platform to a ban on Reform UK county councillors engaging with Nottinghamshire Live👇
🔗 fom.coe.int/en/alerte/de...
@coe.int @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #FreeSpeech
🔗 fom.coe.int/en/alerte/de...
@coe.int @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #FreeSpeech
September 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org has alerted the Council of Europe’s #MediaFreedom platform to a ban on Reform UK county councillors engaging with Nottinghamshire Live👇
🔗 fom.coe.int/en/alerte/de...
@coe.int @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #FreeSpeech
🔗 fom.coe.int/en/alerte/de...
@coe.int @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #FreeSpeech
Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
Interesting: Is the European Convention on #HumanRights more Swedish than Abba?
🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/europe... via @thetimes.com
Sweden has a 100% record when it comes to implementing #ECHR rulings👇
🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/europe... via @thetimes.com
Sweden has a 100% record when it comes to implementing #ECHR rulings👇
September 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Interesting: Is the European Convention on #HumanRights more Swedish than Abba?
🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/europe... via @thetimes.com
Sweden has a 100% record when it comes to implementing #ECHR rulings👇
🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/europe... via @thetimes.com
Sweden has a 100% record when it comes to implementing #ECHR rulings👇
The latest polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social showed a sharp INCREASE in support for the UK staying in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Read the research👇
🔗 www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
#ECHR #SilentMajority
Read the research👇
🔗 www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
#ECHR #SilentMajority
August 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The latest polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social showed a sharp INCREASE in support for the UK staying in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Read the research👇
🔗 www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
#ECHR #SilentMajority
Read the research👇
🔗 www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
#ECHR #SilentMajority
In the news recently, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking convention helps to prevent human trafficking, protect victims and prosecute traffickers.
It covers all 46 @coe.int countries, plus Belarus and Israel.
Find out more👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/anti-...
#NoTrafficking
It covers all 46 @coe.int countries, plus Belarus and Israel.
Find out more👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/anti-...
#NoTrafficking
August 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In the news recently, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking convention helps to prevent human trafficking, protect victims and prosecute traffickers.
It covers all 46 @coe.int countries, plus Belarus and Israel.
Find out more👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/anti-...
#NoTrafficking
It covers all 46 @coe.int countries, plus Belarus and Israel.
Find out more👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/anti-...
#NoTrafficking
Interesting: Despite the relentlessly negative media coverage, most people in the UK want to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights👇
🔗 yougov.co.uk/topics/inter... via @yougov.co.uk
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 yougov.co.uk/topics/inter... via @yougov.co.uk
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Interesting: Despite the relentlessly negative media coverage, most people in the UK want to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights👇
🔗 yougov.co.uk/topics/inter... via @yougov.co.uk
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 yougov.co.uk/topics/inter... via @yougov.co.uk
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms