Ed Bates
@edbatesechr.bsky.social
Academic interested in human rights, esp the ECHR - christian - (Norwich City fan) - writing in personal capacity. RTs not endorsement.
The blog post superbly identifies the issues, as set out in recent comments by others in their blog posts - but is it possible to get society to engage? I really wish so. Not helped by Badenoch speech/ narratives: www.conservatives.com/news/kemi-ba...
Kemi Badenoch exposes the laws and treaties holding Britain back
Watch the Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch deliver a keynote speech on the international treaties which are holding Britain back.
www.conservatives.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The blog post superbly identifies the issues, as set out in recent comments by others in their blog posts - but is it possible to get society to engage? I really wish so. Not helped by Badenoch speech/ narratives: www.conservatives.com/news/kemi-ba...
*2010s (but also today)
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
*2010s (but also today)
@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social aside from individual cases as activist/ otherwise, I also have the sense that pushback over 201s reflects a feeling that the ECHR's influence just became 'too big' for the political appetite of some. ... extract below from smthg I am writing, which cites Wildhaber (2017)
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social aside from individual cases as activist/ otherwise, I also have the sense that pushback over 201s reflects a feeling that the ECHR's influence just became 'too big' for the political appetite of some. ... extract below from smthg I am writing, which cites Wildhaber (2017)
btw I do not think that it was a change of President at the ECtHR that did it (Wildhaber [President up until 2007, was in the minority in Hirst, and an advocate of self-restraint] - but otherwise I see what Lord Reed argues for here...
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
btw I do not think that it was a change of President at the ECtHR that did it (Wildhaber [President up until 2007, was in the minority in Hirst, and an advocate of self-restraint] - but otherwise I see what Lord Reed argues for here...