Policy paper

Proposal for implementation of SW v UK judgment

A draft of the proposed remedial order to remove an incompatibility with Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 17 July 2025

This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

Documents

A proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Human Rights Act 1998

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-5902-4

PDF, 398 KB, 17 pages

Details

This paper presents a draft of a proposed remedial order to amend section 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998 to allow an award of damages in a new set of circumstances. This is to implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in SW v UK (application no. 87/18). 

Published 17 July 2025