Rwanda Bill incompatible with UK’s human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn
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Rwanda Bill incompatible with UK’s human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak’s proposed Rwanda asylum law is “fundamentally incompatible” with the UK’s human rights obligations and would flout international law, MPs and peers have warned. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights said the Government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill “risks untold damage” to the UK’s hard-won reputation as a proponent of human rights internationally. The committee said this makes the Bill incompatible with the UK’s international obligations, most obviously Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to an effective remedy. Joint committee chairwoman Joanna Cherry said: “This Bill is designed to remove vital safeguards against persecution and human rights abuses, including the fundamental right to access a court.

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