11 November 2015 The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has today written to the members of the newly established Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) calling on the Committee to carefully consider the Government’s human rights reform proposals, when published. In the letter, BIHR calls upon the Committee to be active in upholding its essential roles of ensuring that government legislation and policy are scrutinised fully to ensure that they are compatible with fundamental human rights and investigating thematic areas where human rights are at risk. This JCHR is made up of members of both Houses of Parliament and is responsible for ensuring that government policy and legislation are compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the common law, and other international treaties to which the UK is party. The House of Lords members were appointed before the summer, however the House of Commons members were not appointed until the end of October. Harrie...

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