Human Rights (Joint Committee)

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

Joint Committee on Human Rights launches inquiry into the Illegal Migration Bill and asks the Home Secretary to appear before the Committee

A significant backlog of Crown Court cases hitting more than 60,000 by September 2022; the highest rate of prisoners on remand for 50 years and court buildings in poor repair. Committee Corridor continues its series on human rights and justice, asking whether the criminal justice system in England and Wales in crisis.

Committee publishes their report on Legislative scrutiny: Strikes (Minimum Service Level) Bill 2022-23

The Government responds the Joint Committee on Human Rights report, The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976.

In the latest episode of Committee Corridor, Joanna Cherry is joined by guests Professor Francesca Klug, Baroness Sarah Ludford and David Simmonds MP to discuss the impact of the landmark 1998 Human Rights Act and Government proposals to reform how human rights are protected in the UK. Its focus is the question: does the Human Rights Act need to be reformed?

Episode three looks at the trauma from the adoption of children of unmarried mothers

Joint Committee on Human Rights to examine how human rights are protected at work.

TUC questioned on human rights impact of Strikes Bill

Welcome to a brand new season of Committee Corridor. Last season we looked at the cost-of-living crisis, and how it affects everyone living in Britain. This season we turn our attention to what select committees are doing to ensure that human rights of everyone in the UK are protected.

The third series will be hosted by the Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joanna Cherry MP

Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes Bill of of Rights Bill report