What is need for lawyers today when it comes to Human Rights?

[Pepperanderson]

In the last decade ( maybe more)I have watched the UK government abuse Human rights and civil liberties beyond epic propositions and there has been no evidence to indicate that Human Rights lawyers have stepped in.

Yes, i understand the goverment are the law and they can change rulings ro suit themselves and at one point claim they are planning to oblish Human Rights altogether - which frankly it appears to be the case🙃

What is the need for lawyers when situations such as these gives them more excuses to not do any work ( than they have been doing ) to protect UK citizens?

I understand there are other areas of the law where lawyers are still effective, but i am talking specifically around Human Rights and will we ever see a law that will go back to actively protect Human Rights?

Lawyers are not like the police - they don't oversee government and step in when they think they've gone too far.

Human rights lawyers are usually people specialising in public law so area of law where people are arguing against the state such as planning, immigration etc.

Most lawyers will act because they've been instructed on a case for an individual whose rights have been restricted by the state in a way which is contrary to the Human Rights Act. Thousands of individual cases are overturned on this basis regularly but don't get reported because the don't get beyond the initial tribunals.