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Joint Committee on Human Rights

November 12, 2020

Human rights of Black people not equally protected, say Committee

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been unable to adequately provide leadership and gain trust in tackling racial inequality in the protection and promotion of human rights, says the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
November 11, 2020

Cross-party Committee calls for clear limits on MI5 crimes

We cannot pass a law that leaves open the possibility of state-sanctioned rape, murder or torture, says the Committee Chair.
October 30, 2020

Overseas Operations Bill 'unjustifiable, ineffective and will prevent justice from being done'

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is troubled by the Bill itself and the Government's use of inflammatory language to describe lawyers representing those who have been harmed by unlawful mistreatment at the hands of the UK Armed Forces.
June 13, 2020

Coronavirus leaves young people in detention facilities 'highly vulnerable' to human rights abuses

Young people's rights are at risk through unlawful blanket bans on visits, the suspension of routine inspections, increased use of restraint and solitary confinement, and the vulnerability of those in detention to infection with COVID-19.
November 2, 2019

Human rights of people with learning disability and autism are being breached

Report describes the "horrific reality" of a system which inflicts terrible suffering on those detained and causes anguish to their distraught families.
April 20, 2019

Government urged to end use of pain-inducing restraint and solitary confinement of children

The use of pain inducing techniques and solitary confinement of children in detention must be banned, says a new report by the UK Parliament’s Human Rights Committee.