Villiers faces call for assurances over human rights convention
Human rights groups have called on Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to give an assurance that the British government will not walk away from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Ms Villiers was a key figure in the Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum debate.
It is now expected that she will land a key role in any new Tory government formed after David Cameron resigns later in the year.
Campaigners are now worried that those who campaigned for a Brexit may now turn their attention to the European Convention on Human Rights, of which Britain is a signatory.
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