25 March 2021 On Monday 22 March 2021, BIHR responded to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the Independent Human Rights Act Review. Please click the image below to read our response here: A summary of our response is available here. What is the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the Human Rights Act Review? In December 2020, the UK Government created an Independent Human Rights Act Review (The Independent Review). This was set up following the Conservative party’s pledge to “relook” at the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). We submitted evidence to the Independent Review – click the images below to read the long version and easy read versions of these responses:     In response to the Independent Review, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) opened an inquiry. The Inquiry published its own call for evidence, asking for evidence about how the Human Rights Act has been working for people and public bodies in everyday li…

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