Human Rights (Joint Committee)

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has issued a call for evidence for a new inquiry conducting legislative scrutiny of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

The session highlighted the risks faced by activists in the UK from hostile actions by foreign governments.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has published the Government’s response to its report into proposals for a ‘Hillsborough law’.

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 was introduced to address the legacy of the Troubles and promote reconciliation.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has written to the Home Secretary, The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, with questions on the treatment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched a new inquiry into transnational repression in the UK

The inquiry will examine the UK’s legal and voluntary frameworks underpinning the UK’s response to forced labour in international supply chains.

The new inquiry will examine what obligations the UK Government has under human rights law to respond to international crimes

The Committee is undertaking scrutiny of the bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards

The Act was introduced to address the legacy of the Troubles and promote reconciliation, however its compatibility with the ECHR was challenged in legal proceedings

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has elected David Alton, Lord Alton of Liverpool as its Chair

Following the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, all select committees have ceased to exist.

Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes Human rights and the proposal for a “Hillsborough Law” report

Joint Committee on Human Rights announces visit to inform its work into the human rights implications of the UK’s asylum strategy

Joint Committee on Human Rights say the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is fundamentally incompatible with the UK’s human rights obligations

Lord Sumption and Lord Sandhurst questioned on Rwanda Bill human rights implications

The Government’s proposed Remedial Order would fail to provide adequate safeguards for journalistic material, a report has found.

Joint Committee finds that the legislation would deny access to the asylum system to the vast majority of refugees coming to the UK

In this series of Committee Corridor we’ve been looking at human rights and justice. Today, we’re updating you on the different issues we covered: modern slavery in the UK, the forced adoption of the children from unmarried mothers from the1940s-1970s, plans to reform the Human Rights Act and the critical issues facing the criminal justice system in England and Wales.

Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes their report on a Human Rights Ombudsperson