science and technology committee. let's move on. the government is launching what it says will be "common sense" reforms to the human rights act that will "restore confidence" in the legal system. others say the changes are an attack on our fundamental rights. so, what is the human rights act, and what's changing? the act includes basic rights to life, a fair trial, and freedom from ill treatment. its wording comes from the european convention of human rights — a treaty agreed by almost every nation in europe after world war two. the convention is enforced by a court in strasbourg, france, which includesjudges from the uk and all other nations. it's nothing to do with the european union. the proposed changes will mean the supreme court in the uk will have the final say on our rights. other changes will make it easier for the government to deport foreign national offenders, by introducing circumstances in which they can not claim a right to family life in the uk. the plans will see a new legal test which would allowjudges to block what the government calls "spurious" cases.