Letter to MP: Proportionality & the Human Rights Act

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This is your chance to give an example of proportionality in action. You can use our example or write your own. If sending as a postcard, we recommend sticking to under 130 characters to ensure it fits on the page.

an All Wales People First (AWPF) member in supported living was made to isolate for two weeks every time she went out during the pandemic. When AWPF pointed out that this was “way over-the-top” as a way of managing risks, the facility changed its policy.

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This is your chance to ask your MP to take action or ask a question of the Justice Secretary. You can use our suggestions or write your own. If sending as a postcard, we recommend sticking to under 350 characters to ensure it fits on the page.

Will you help me preserve the vital protection in our Human Rights Act by reading and sharing stories of Why Our Human Rights Act Matters on the British Institute of Human Rights website?

This tips the balance in favour of the state rather than the individual. Please ask the Justice Secretary how he thinks that our rights can still have value if they are to be determined by the majority. Does this not go against the very point of the universality of human rights and the reason that the UK, and other countries, pushed for the ECHR after WW2?

This tips the balance in favour of the state rather than the individual and contradicts the Government's claims that it wants to restore the proper balance of power. Please ask the Justice Secretary how he plans to ensure that Government accountability is not reduced.

The Government tried to limit factors the court is allowed to consider in proportionality assessments when it brought in the 2014 Immigration Rules. This was ruled unlawful in the case of Izuazu - so why is the Government continuing to push the same agenda?

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