Committees

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Joint Select Committee

The Joint Committee on Human Rights consists of twelve members, appointed from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, to examine matters relating to human rights within the United Kingdom, as well as scrutinising every Government Bill for its compatibility with human rights.

 

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Twelfth Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill
Inquiry Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill
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HC 1241 / HL Paper 208
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Response to this report
Eighth Special Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report
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HC 1790
Special Report
Eighth Special Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report
Inquiry Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill
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HC 1790
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Thirteenth Report - Proposal for a Draft Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Remedial) Order 2023
Work Proposal for a Draft Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Remedial) Order 2023 (Legislative scrutiny)
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HC 1264 / HL 210
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Oral evidence transcripts

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22 November 2023
Inquiry Daesh Inquiry
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Oral Evidence
8 November 2023
Inquiry Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Witnesses Doughty Street Chambers, and The Refugee Council
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Oral Evidence
25 October 2023
Inquiry Human Rights at Work
Witnesses Old Square Chambers, Cloisters Chambers, and Kings College London
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Written evidence

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Equality and Human Rights Commission (HRW0036)
Inquiry Human Rights at Work
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Dr Jamie Woodcock (Senior Lecturer in Management at University of Essex) (HRW0031)
Inquiry Human Rights at Work
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Professor Virginia Mantouvalou (Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law at UCL), Professor Alan Bogg (Professor of Labour Law at University of Bristol), Professor Hugh Collins (Cassel Professor of Commercial Law at LSE), Professor ACL Davies (Professor of Law and Public Policy at University of Oxford), and -- (HRW0027)
Inquiry Human Rights at Work
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
16 published
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
754 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
12 published
Scrutiny evidence
Evidence received in the course of conducting legislative scrutiny.
2 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
13 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
202 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
44 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

Contact us

The Committee is unable to look into individual cases

  • Email: jchr@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 0207 219 2793 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8430 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Joint Committee on Human Rights, Houses of Parliament. London. SW1A 0AA