Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 June 2003
European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.
The United Kingdom Government chose this particular minimalist approach is because it was concerned about the primacy of Westminster and Parliament and about the separation of powers, all issues which have been dealt with in some technical detail by the Human Rights Commission and dismissed. Despite the fact this is, as Senator Mansergh correctly stated, a constitutional democracy, the Government has taken down a model which – by virtue of the definition the Senator provided – is less applicable to and appropriate for this jurisdiction. That is a cause for concern.
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