... a member of the European Union where as Turkey is not. England became a member to the European Economic Community (hereinafter EEC) in 1973. Turkey applied for membership on 14 April 1987. The Commission issued a negative opinion on 17 December1989,3 recommending more effective application of the existing association agreement signed in 1964. The main reason for the commission's negative opinion was Turkey's poor human rights record. UK has to comply with community legislation otherwise it can be taken to the European Courts if they do not comply with community legislation. Civil liberties in UK is now dominated by the Human Rights Act 1998 which now incorporates the main rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter ECHR) into UK law but without incorporating the convention itself.4 On 2 October 2000 the Human Rights Act come into force in England and Wales.5 The ECHR was formed by the Council of Europe ...

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