Guernsey Press

'Make a stand for human rights'

CHERIE BOOTH QC made a plea to the Guernsey International Legal Association last night to support human rights.

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CHERIE BOOTH QC made a plea to the Guernsey International Legal Association last night to support human rights.

She was guest speaker at an event in the Royal Court chamber to celebrate 20 years of the association.

The practising barrister, wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, started by saying it was her first visit to Guernsey but joked she had been to Jersey three times.

'I'm delighted to be here, especially as I saw snow falling in London.'

Ms Booth (pictured) said human rights legislation often came in for a lot of criticism, often centred around rights for unsavoury individuals such as terrorists and murderers.

'Such distortions aren't deserved and are damaging to us all. The main challenge is a vociferous campaign against having the Human Rights Act at all.'

She said such rights were not new but had originated from the Second World War and in that respect Guernsey understood why they were important.

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