Hold a referendum on leaving the European Court of Human Rights
We want the government to give our population the right to decide if we are to leave the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). We think it is antiquated and not fit for the current world we live in.
Signatures
11,583
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 11,583/100,000
- 02 JAN 2026Petition closedFinal total: 11,583 signatures
- 12 NOV 2025Government respondedCabinet OfficeGovernment reply
Leaving the ECHR and the Court would be a costly, self-defeating move, undermining vital security agreements. Reforming it for today’s challenges is smarter than wasting £129m on a referendum.
Read full response - 21 OCT 202510,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 02 JUL 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
We want it to be replaced with a British Court of Human Rights. We think the government should give the British population the right to choose what matters to our people in our country and what our rules on human rights should be.