Human Rights Act Reform

Human Rights (Joint Committee) Closed Inquiry
Opened: 11 Jan 2022 Closed: 2 Oct 2023 Parliament page
The Government has launched a three-month consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. The consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposals to revise the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights. It follows a report from the Independent Human Rights Act Review Panel which examined … Read more
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
4 Events
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
Alyson Kilpatrick · Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Barbara Bolton · Scottish Human Rights Commission Brian Gormally · Committee on the Administration of Justice Charles Whitmore · Wales Governance Centre and Wales Council for Voluntary Action Professor Aileen McHarg · Durham Law School, Durham University The Baroness Falkner of Margravine · Equality and Human Rights Commission
Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC · Doughty Street Chambers Elizabeth Prochaska · 11 King's Bench Walk Professor Conor Gearty QC · The London School of Economics Schona Jolly QC · Bar Human Rights Committee
The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC · Ministry of Justice
Dr Hélène Tyrrell · Newcastle University Lord Mance · The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Professor Adam Tomkins · University of Glasgow Professor Alison Young · University of Cambridge