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

View all reports and responses
Third Report - Human rights and the proposal for a “Hillsborough Law”
Work Hillsborough Law (Non-inquiry session)
Open PDF
511KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 180 / HL Paper 119
Report
Second Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Work Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
Open PDF
526KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 435 / HL 62
Report
Response to this report
First Special Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report
Open PDF
163KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 647
Special Report
First Special Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report
Work Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
Open PDF
163KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 647
Special Report

Correspondence

View all correspondence
Correspondence from the Committee to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice regarding Daesh Crimes
Inquiry Accountability for Daesh crimes
Open PDF
142KB
Correspondence
Correspondence from the Committee to the Secretary of State for the Home Department regarding Daesh Crimes
Inquiry Accountability for Daesh crimes
Open PDF
148KB
Correspondence
Correspondence from the Committee to the Minister of State Lord Ahmad regarding Daesh Crimes
Inquiry Accountability for Daesh crimes
Open PDF
147KB
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

View all oral evidence transcripts
15 November 2023
Inquiry Accountability for Daesh crimes
Witnesses Detective Chief Superintendent Gareth Rees (Head of Operations and Investigations, SO15 Counter Terrorism Command at Metropolitan Police Service), and Bethan David (Head of the Counter Terrorism Division in the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division at Crown Prosecution Service)
Open PDF
243KB
Open HTML
196KB
Oral Evidence
15 May 2024
Inquiry Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Witnesses Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office
Open PDF
186KB
Open HTML
203KB
Oral Evidence
24 April 2024
Work Ministerial Scrutiny: the UK's engagement with its international human rights obligations (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Justice
Open PDF
252KB
Open HTML
1MB
Oral Evidence

Written evidence

View all written evidence
JustRight Scotland (ASU0075)
Inquiry Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Open PDF
119KB
Open HTML
52KB
Doctors of the World UK (ASU0060)
Inquiry Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Open PDF
181KB
Open HTML
36KB
Women's Aid Federation England (ASU0058)
Inquiry Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Open PDF
219KB
Open HTML
48KB

Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
17 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
15 published
Scrutiny evidence
Evidence received in the course of conducting legislative scrutiny.
3 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
14 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