Submitted by Neil Lomas on Friday 23rd January 2026
Published on Tuesday 24th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Monday 24th August 2026
Current Signatures: 7,564
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Assembly ~ Basics ~ case ~ Change ~ Cons ~ Convention ~ debates ~ ECHR ~ european convention ~ European Union ~ Europeans ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ Forced ~ Freedom ~ Freedom of Speech ~ Human Rights ~ Law ~ place ~ Politicians ~ PRIVACY ~ Punish ~ Referendum ~ Separate ~ Slavery ~ speech ~ The ECHR ~ torture ~ Union ~ Unlawful
Write law that a referendum is required for the UK to be able to leave the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights enshrines our basic human rights, gives us the right to a fair trial, right to privacy and helps protect us from things like torture, unlawful killing, slavery but also punishment without law and freedom of speech, assembly, religion, privacy and much more.
I want the government to write into law that in order for any future government to be able to leave the European Convention of Human Rights, which is separate to the European Union, a referendum must take place in order to force politicians to put the case to the people so the pros and cons can have a proper public debate and such a fundamental change be directly decided by the people.
We believe this kind of change is something that only the people should be able to decide
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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