he 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 Committee published its Fifteenth Report of Session 2009-10, Enhancing Parliament's role in relation to human rights judgments, on Friday 26 March

The Committee published its Sixteenth Report of Session 2009-10, Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Bringing Human Rights Back In, on Thursday 25 March.

The Committee published its Thirteenth Report of Session 2009-10, Equality and Human Rights Commission, on Monday 15th March

The Committee published its Fourteenth Report of Session 2009-10, Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill (second report); Digital Economy Bill, on Friday 12 March.

The Committee published its 11th Report of Session 2009-10, Any of our business? Human Rights and the UK private sector: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2008-09, on 8 March 2010.

The Committee published its 10th Report of Session 2009-10, Children's Rights: Government Response to the Committee's Twenty-fifth Report of Session 2008-09. on 3 March 2010.

The Committee published its 12th Report of Session 2009-10, Legislative Scrutiny: Crime and Security Bill; Personal Care at Home Bill; Children, Schools and Families Bill , on 2 March 2010.

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