News from BIHR The Inquiry into the Human Rights Act Review: we responded!  On 13th January 2021, the Government’s Independent Review of the Human Rights Act (HRA) opened a call for evidence, looking at how the HRA is working in practice and whether any change is needed. The Joint Committee on Human Rights opened an Inquiry into the Review. The Committee opened their own call for evidence, which closed last week and we responded! The Human Rights Act in everyday ways has led to individuals being more able to enforce their human rights in the UK. Our submission makes clear that there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure human rights are made real for everyone, but that this will not be achieved through more legislative review. Find out more and read our response to the Inquiry into Human Rights Act Review here!   New easy read BIHR resources published! We’ve been working hard to write lots of new easy read resources for people to learn more about th…

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