Joint Committee on Human Rights
(Chairman)
The Joint Committee on Human Rights, chaired by Andrew Dismore MP, consists of twelve members appointed from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Committee is charged with considering human rights issues in the UK but cannot take up individual cases.
The Committee undertakes thematic inquiries on human rights issues and reports its findings and recommendations to the House. It scrutinises all Government Bills and picks out those with significant human rights implications for further examination.
The Committee also looks at Government action to deal with judgments of the UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights where breaches of human rights have been found. As part of this work, the Committee looks at Remedial Orders, the legislative mechanism that allows legislation to be amended in response to these judgments. Please see links to 'Human Rights Judgments' and 'Remedial Orders' below.
If you would like further information regarding the Committee's scrutiny of Bills please click on the link below 'Legislative Scrutiny'.
If you would like further information regarding the Committee's inquiries, which it is currently undertaking please click on the link below 'Thematic inquiries'.
Thematic inquiries | Legislative Scrutiny | About the Committee | Relevant Debates in either House | Remedial Orders | Human Rights Judgments | Formal minutes | Papers available on request
What's new
The work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Committee has heard evidence from Trevor Phillips, Chair of the EHRC and from four former EHRC Commissioners. Uncorrected transcripts and written memoranda submitted to the Committee are available on the EHRC page.
Forthcoming evidence sessions
The Committee will hear oral evidence from Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister responsible for crime and security, Home Office, on Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 1.45pm.
The Committee will hear oral evidence from Rt Hon Michael Wills MP, Minister for Human Rights, Ministry of Justice, on Wednesday 2 December 2009 at 2pm.
Forthcoming publications
The 25th Report of Session 2008-09, Children’s Rights, will be published at 00.01 Hrs on Friday 20 November. Embargoed advance copies of the Report we be available to the press, witnesses and Government departments from 11am on Tuesday 17 November.
Recent publications
The 26th Report of Session 2008-09, Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill, was published on 12 November
The 27th Report of Session 2008-09, Retention, use and destruction of biometric data: correspondence with Government was published on12 November
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