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.

 

These pages only show information for this committee from the start of 2020 onwards. Earlier information can be found on the previous version of the UK Parliament website.

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Reports and government responses

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Twelfth Report: Appointment of the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Work Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (Pre-appointment hearing)
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Large print: Eleventh Report: Black people, racism and human rights
Inquiry Black people, racism and human rights
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Eleventh Report: Black people, racism and human rights
Inquiry Black people, racism and human rights
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Government Response
Fourth Special Report - Black people, racism and human rights: Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2019–21
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HC 559 / HL 165
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Oral evidence transcripts

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3 February 2021
Inquiry The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review
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27 January 2021
Inquiry The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review
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27 January 2021
Inquiry The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review
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Written evidence

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The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review
Witnesses Mr Thomas Brophy (Finance, education and tech Management at LMS Capital plc;Rayne Foundation; Place2be)
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The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review
Witnesses Mr John Lowrie (Human Rights and Development Advocate (semi-retired) at Nomad RSI (until 2017))
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The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review
Witnesses Taylor Vinters LLP
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Other publications

Government Response
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
5 published
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
54 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
1 published
Scrutiny evidence
Evidence received in the course of conducting legislative scrutiny.
2 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
2 published
Special Report
Special Reports are agreed formally by a committee and published by order of the House. They often include a Government Response to an earlier Report by the Committee.
3 published

Contact us

The Committee is unable to look into individual cases

  • Email: jchr@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2467 (General enquries) / 07565 202054 (Media enquiries)
  • Address: Joint Committee on Human Rights, Houses of Parliament. London. SW1A 0AA