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BIHR has co-authored a ground-breaking framework for assessing progress towards human rights in England, Scotland and Wales.
BIHR has brought together a group of leading organisations representing many sectors of civil society to call on political party leaders to protect the Human Rights Act.
BIHR submitted a report on behalf of 44 NGOs to the UN’s Human Rights Council, ahead of its deadline for NGO submissions of 21 November 2011. The UK’s human rights record is due to be considered by this body in May 2012 as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This review takes place every four years for all member countries of the UN.
BIHR is concerned that the Government's Commission on a Bill of Rights may lead to human rights protections being undermined. We are speaking up for the Human Rights Act! Read our response to the Government's Commission on a Bill of Rights here!
Sanchita Hosali, BIHR’s Senior Policy and Legal Affairs Advisor, writes about how the Human Rights Act can be used by those working to address violence against women. This article appears in the Summer 2011 edition of Women’s Aid’s Safe - the Domestic Abuse Quarterly.
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