Enforcing Human Rights: provision of legal aid and assistance
2 May 2018
The Joint Committee on Human Rights continues its inquiry by examining the impact of legal aid reforms across the UK on access to justice; and the question of whether hostile attitudes to human rights in the media can impede their enforcement.
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Aims of the session:
- To assess the effectiveness of the Human Rights Commissions
- To look at the ways in which rights can be protected without recourse to court
- To discuss the provision of legal aid and assistance
Witnesses
Wednesday 2 May 2018, Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster
At 3.15pm:
- David Isaac CBE, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- David Russell, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Judith Robertson, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission
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