News from BIHR Our briefing for the JCHR: Standing firm on our Human Rights Act and rejecting the new Rights Removal Bill This week we sent a briefing to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, making the case for keeping our Human Rights Act and sharing our concerns about the Government's new "bill of rights" Bill, better known as a Rights Removal Bill. The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a group of cross-party MPs and Peers responsible for examining matters relating to human rights in the UK. Our briefing gives information about how our Human Rights Act currently works in practice with real life examples from BIHR's work, sets out 10 key concerns about how the Rights Removal Bill would weaken human rights protections in the UK, and suggests questions to pose to the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, when he eventually faces the Committee to answer questions about his Bill. BIHR's work was mentioned in the House of Lords' debate on the practical impact of the Human Rights A...

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