Sign the Petition “Do not reform the Human Rights Act” on petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607712
Are you concerned about the new Bill of Rights and its impact on the future of your children? Have you wondered what will be next?
Will it be the Equality Act for instance?
Protection for rights and freedoms that women, the LGBT community, people of colour and believers in freedom of thought have fought and died for?
Think about it.
Amnesty International UK calls the new Bill of Rights a giant leap backwards for the rights of ordinary people.
“Ripping up the Human Rights Act means the public is being stripped of its most powerful tool to challenge wrongdoing by the Government and other public bodies.”
They point to just some examples like the Hillsborough disaster to the right to challenge the way police investigate violence against women.
Many other agencies, including the Law Society, have also raised various concerns over aspects of the new Bill, including the impact on refugees.
As a concerned parent myself, I am now urging you to play your part by signing the petition – this only takes a couple of minutes.
The petition already has over 159,000 signatures, which means that Parliament is required to hold a debate.
However more signatures are needed to demonstrate real opposition. The closing date is 7 August 2022.