Read this week's update on Human Rights news in the UK, including the latest on the Government's Consultation on Human Rights Act reform and Reclaim These Street's success in the High Court. News from BIHR  We submitted our response to the Government Consultation on Human Rights Act reform  On Tuesday 8th March 2022, we submitted our response to the “Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights” Consultation. It was informed by the views of the 250+ people who responded to our surveys and attended our workshops as well as our work with over 400 people around the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act in 2021.  The consistent message from our stakeholders, and drawing on over 20 years of our own expertise, is to not replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights. We need Human Rights Act implementation, not tampering with our protections, by the very people who have responsibility to uphold our rights: the Government and bodies exercising publi...

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