The Member States’ first task was to draw up a treaty to secure basic rights for anyone within their borders, including their own citizens and people of other nationalities. “ The Council of Europe was founded after the Second World War to protect human rights and the rule of law, and to promote democracy. Whilst it includes all 27 EU member states it is of course entirely separate from the EU.
The UK was one of the founding members of the Council of Europe, which comprises 46 member states since the expulsion of Russia in March 2022. The abolition of the death penalty (Protocol 13) The right to participate in free elections (Protocol 1, Article 3) The right to education (Protocol 1, Article 2) The right to protection of property (Protocol 1, Article 1) The right not to be discriminated against in respect of these rights (Article 14) The right to marry and start a family (Article 12)
The right to respect for family and private life (Article 8)įreedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9)
The right not to be punished for something that wasn’t against the law at the time (Article 7) A codified list of British values might very well start with those within the European Convention on Human Rights, summarised as follows:
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