The thing is it is not just the Court. It is the Convention as well. You cannot be a signatory to the Convention without accepting the jurisdiction of the court. (View Post)

The problem with the advocates of leaving the ECHR is that they end up like the idiots in the US who want to defund the police. Reform is essential but it won't happen if you just shut the whole… (View Post)

Yep Fair enough. But I would have thought someone would be bringing a case to them at some point very soon. (View Post)

Nope. We abide by a set of laws. The EHCR does not make laws, it simply interprets them in just the same way as any other court. As has already been pointed out ECHR rulings are usually about how Gov… (View Post)

On topic. The current behavior of the Italian Government as posted on here yesterday (I apologise I forget who posted it) regarding Gay parents seems to me the perfect example of where the ECHR shoul… (View Post)