"In a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Council of Europe human rights commissioner Michael O'Flaherty said law changes had allowed authorities to "impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression and risk over-policing". O'Flaherty also wrote to two chairs of parliamentary committees expressing "concern about the current climate for trans people in the UK". A government source said Mahmood took a "dim view of the arguments" and "fundamentally disagrees with the assessment"."
"As commissioner, Mr O'Flaherty is tasked with identifying potential shortcomings in human rights law in countries that are signed up to the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights, including the UK. The Conservative Party recently announced it would leave the convention if it wins the next general election, while the Labour government has said it is reviewing how it is applied in UK law in relation to asylum cases."
Europe's human rights watchdog raised concern about policing of protests in the UK after arrests linked to the ban on Palestine Action and called for a review of broader protest laws. In a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty said recent law changes had allowed authorities to "impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression and risk over-policing" and he also raised "concern about the current climate for trans people in the UK". A government source said Mahmood "fundamentally disagrees with the assessment" and intends to respond. O'Flaherty flagged that the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 raise questions under the European Convention on Human Rights, set against Conservative plans to leave the convention and a Labour review of its application in asylum law.
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