 In some countries, bills of rights are venerated as repositories of those values that are held to be most precious. In the United Kingdom, in contrast, the Human Rights Act, the closest thing that we have to a bill of rights in the modern sense, has been a source of bitter contention ever since its enactment. Against its background, the Conservative Party said in its election manifesto that it would repeal the act and replace it with the British Bill of Rights. In this presentation, I'll try to answer three key questions that these proposals invite. First, what are the perceived problems with the act?