Claim: Millions of Britons voted to end the jurisdiction of the European Convention on Human Rights .
Fact-check: Millions did not vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR - Full Fact
Verdict: the echr is an entirely separate institution to the eu which the uk left as a result of brexit. there has never been a referendum on echr membership.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tony Thompson
Date published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00