17 December 2020 News from BIHR Human Rights Day 2020 Last Thursday, 10 December 2020, was Human Rights Day. We marked this day by: Delivering a free, open human rights session in the morning for people to learn more about their rights and to hear about how human rights make change in people’s everyday lives; Hosting a human rights reception in the evening: ‘70 years of the Convention, 50 years of BIHR, 22 years of the Human Rights Act and 2020′; and Sending an open letter to the Prime Minister and political leaders, signed by 114 other organisations from across the UK, urging them to respond proportionately to Covid-19, protect people’s rights and the rule of law, and to stand by the Human Rights Act. Find out more about our Human Rights Day action here! News from Elsewhere… The Government’s Responds to the Joint Committee on Human Right’s report: The Government’s response to COVID-19: human rights implications Read the Government’s…

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