Since the UK became a member of the European Court of Human Rights the court has intervened 466 times to uphold human rights against the government including:
• Victims of domestic abuse gained exemption from the “bedroom tax”.
• Ended the ban on gay people serving in the armed forces.
• Forced law change so that DNA records of innocent people are destroyed.
• Greater protection for the media after a journalist was fined for refusing to reveal the identity of a source.