# European Convention on Human Rights The postwar human-rights treaty of the Council of Europe, signed in Rome in 1950 and in force from 1953. It is enforced by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and was given domestic effect in the UK by the Human Rights Act 1998. It is separate from the European Union, so [[Brexit]] left Britain's membership untouched. In the vault because leaving the ECHR has become a central demand of the British right. Its advocates argue that Convention rights block deportations of asylum seekers and foreign offenders. In October 2025 the [[Conservative Party (UK)]] under [[Kemi Badenoch]] committed to leaving it, matching [[Reform UK]]. See [[Human Rights]] and [[Refugee Convention]].