§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which of the United Kingdom's Crown dependencies have, and which do not have, constitutional protection for the fundamental rights and freedoms recognised by the European Convention on Human Rights, and/or by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
§ Baroness BlatchThe Crown dependencies are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The protection in the dependencies of the rights and freedoms recognised both in the European Convention on Human Rights and in the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is assured by the United Kingdom being party to the convention and to the covenant on behalf of all the Islands.