# Leave the European Convention on Human Rights

> “The Conservatives will leave the ECHR and other international rules preventing Britain from controlling our borders.”
>
> — Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Opposition, Conservative Party; Article for The Sun, republished on her website, 27 August 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Police, courts, prisons](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/police-courts-and-prisons)
- **Speaker:** [Kemi Badenoch](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/kemi-badenoch), Leader of the Opposition
- **Party:** [Conservative Party](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/conservatives)
- **Made on:** 27 August 2026
- **Where:** Article for The Sun, republished on her website
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** People in the UK, who can now bring cases under the Convention in UK courts and at the European Court of Human Rights
- **When:** Not stated
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/kemi-badenoch-mp-we-will-deport-every-illegal-immigrant-our-country-our-home-not-hotel (checked word for word at its source on 20 October 2026; Quoted for reporting; rights stay with the publisher)
- **Last updated:** 20 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-con-leave-echr-2026

## Where it stands

The Conservatives are not in government, so the card stays at Promised. The article does not say which other international rules it means, or when. In the same article she says the Conservatives would ban asylum claims by illegal migrants, deport them quickly and double the number of years it takes to qualify for leave to remain.

## Timeline

- 27 August 2026, Promised: Kemi Badenoch writes that the Conservatives will leave the ECHR and other international rules that stop Britain controlling its borders

## About the cost

No cost has been published.

## Sources

- [Kemi Badenoch: We will deport every illegal immigrant. Our country is our home, not a hotel (27 Aug 2026, first published in The Sun)](https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/kemi-badenoch-mp-we-will-deport-every-illegal-immigrant-our-country-our-home-not-hotel)

## Checks

- Checked automatically by AI Journalist, not yet verified by an editor.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 20 October 2026.

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