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User Consent Prompt Focus Prompt Support us The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian: news website of the year * News * Opinion * Sport * Culture * Lifestyle Show captionA rally in London last year. ‘The act will be in danger from a future Conservative administration if the party’s soul is captured by the right.’ Photograph: Getty HUMAN RIGHTS ACT WILL BE SAFE WITH A LABOUR GOVERNMENT James Toon, who helped develop the act in the 1990s, responds to an article by Shami Chakrabarti on the pressing need for equal treatment Sun 12 May 2024 17.33 CEST * Share on Facebook * Share on Twitter * Share via Email I read with interest Shami Chakrabarti’s article (The big idea: why we need human rights now more than ever, 6 May). The context for her article is the Conservative right’s repeated calls to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998. This was one of the landmark statutes of the first Blair administration, and its legal and constitutional significance is immense. Although now retired, I was a member of the Home Office bill team that developed the policy broadly set out in the 1996 Labour document Bringing Rights Home, supported ministers during its passage through parliament, and started work on its implementation. I had several discussions with Jack Straw, the then home secretary. Ad I know from these discussions just how deeply committed Straw (and Derry Irvine as lord chancellor) were to the cause of human rights in the UK. That commitment remained, even when the Blair government’s enthusiasm for civil libertarian projects waned in the next year or two. Their experience with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may have been the final nail in the coffin. I have traced the development and nuances of the Conservative position on the Human Rights Act since 2010. I agree that, politically, the act will be in danger from a future Conservative administration if the party’s soul is captured by the right. 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