Questions › Chapter 5: The UK government, the law and your role
Which of these statements is correct?
- AThe UK refused to sign the European Convention on Human Rights until 1998.
- BBritish diplomats and lawyers helped to write the European Convention on Human Rights.Right answer
Answer: British diplomats and lawyers helped to write the European Convention on Human Rights.
British diplomats and lawyers played an important part in drafting the Convention, and the UK signed it early, in 1950.
From chapter 5 of the handbook, "The UK government, the law and your role", section "Fundamental principles". Practice question 592 of 651, written in our own words.