The Government has shelved controversial plans to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 with a Bill of Rights.
In one of her first acts as Prime Minister, Liz Truss reportedly told her Cabinet there were better ways to reform human rights. The Bill in its current form is not expected to return.
It proposed to give greater weight to protecting free speech, but also risked damaging religious liberty.
‘Watered down’
The Christian Institute’s Deputy Director Ciarán Kelly commented: “This is good news as it gives time for the Government to address a number of important problems.
“The Bill could have made landmark judgments in important Christian Institute cases such as Ashers Baking Co. and the Named Person scheme harder to achieve in the future.
“Specific religious liberty protections successfully campaigned for by The Christian Institute also risked being watered down.”
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