European Convention on Human Rights: Belfast Agreement

(asked on 21st October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of leaving the ECHR on the Good Friday Agreement.


Answered by
Hilary Benn Portrait
Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 28th October 2025

The ECHR underpins key international agreements on trade, security and migration, as well as the Good Friday Agreement. The UK Government has no plans to leave the ECHR, and will not therefore speculate on what such a policy would entail.

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