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There have been a number of recent blog posts in recent days considering different aspects of the possibility of UK withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights — a hare that was set running by media reports that the Conservative Party might be contemplating something along these lines. Here is a list of the ones I have come across (including my own contributions):

• Mark Elliott, “Why Dominic Grieve’s departure from the Government might hasten the UK’s withdrawal from the ECHR”
• Mark Elliott, “A hardening of Conservative human rights policy: what are the options?”
• Gavin Phillipson, “The Tories’ plans on human rights make no sense, but they’re still on to something”
• Mark Elliott, “Human rights reform and the role of the Strasbourg Court” [there are some very interesting comments from others at the bottom of this post]
• Steve Peers, “Would the UK’s withdrawal from the ECHR lead to withdrawal from the EU?”
• David Harris, Michael O’Boyle, Ed Bates and Carla Buckley, “UK withdrawal from the Convention? A broader view”
• Richard Edwards, “Notwithstanding your human rights. Is the ‘Canadian model’ viable?”
• Mark Elliott, “The Canadian human rights system: a brief response to Richard Edwards”

For further background, including on the proposals of the Bill of Rights Commission, see:

• Colm O’Cinneade, Human Rights and the UK Constitution [executive summary] [full report]
• Report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights
• Alan Richards, “Conservative Bill of Rights: the State v the People”
• Mark Elliott, “The three dimensions of the relationship between UK law and the ECHR”
• Helen Fenwick, “The Report of the Bill of Rights Commission: disappointing Conservative expectations or fulfilling them?”
• Mark Elliott, “Ten things you wanted to know about the Bill of Rights Commission’s report but were afraid to ask”
• Mark Elliott, “A Damp Squib in the Long Grass: The Report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights”
• Roger Masterman, “The Mirror Crack’d”