It has caused significant distress to people who risked their lives to protect us, it has cost the taxpayer millions and there is a real risk it will stop our Armed Forces doing their job. Our legal system has been abused to level false charges against our troops on an industrial scale. We will repay them with gratitude and put an end to the industry of vexatious claims that has pursued those who served in previous conflicts.Ĭombined with the biggest defence budget in Europe, the action we are laying out today means we will continue to play our part on the world stage, protecting UK interests across the globe. Those who serve on the frontline will have our support when they come home. My Government will ensure that our troops are recognised for the incredible job they do. Our Armed Forces are the best in the world and the men and women who serve make huge sacrifices to keep us safe. The intention to derogate from the ECHR, if possible in the circumstances that exist at that time, will protect British troops serving in future conflicts from the kind of persistent legal claims that have followed recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on an industrial scale.Ĭlaims that ECHR rights have been breached drive much of the litigation that the MOD faces which causes considerable personal distress to individual servicemen and women, and costs the taxpayer millions of pounds. Military advisers warn that this risks seriously undermining the operational effectiveness of the Armed Forces. Over the past decade a series of court judgments have extended the extra-territorial jurisdiction of the European Convention on Human Rights to the battlefield.
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