What BIHR thinks - policy positions, evidence and submissions to consultations

BIHR draws on the analysis of evidence gathered through its training and consultancy, practical human rights projects, and other sources, to respond to consultations by the Government and others, including Parliamentary Committees and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

BIHR's latest policy positions and submissions

• Our policy position on the Human Rights Act (April 2011)
• Our submission to the Ministry of Justice consultation on Legal Aid Reforms (2011)
• Our policy position on the Human Rights Act, sent in response to the Government's Green Paper on 'Rights and Responsibilities: developing our constitutional framework' (February 2010)
• Our evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' call for evidence on the work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (November 2009)
• Our evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' call for supplementary evidence as part of its Bill of Rights Inquiry (July 2009)
• Our response to the launch of the Human Rights Inquiry Report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. (July 2009)
• Our response to the BIHR Lunchtime Lecture by Chris Huhne MP, Shadow Home Minister (Liberal Democrats) on the Human Rights Act and a Bill of Rights (May 2009)
• Our response to the BIHR Lunchtime Lecture by Michael Wills MP, Human Rights Minister, on the Human Rights Act and a Bill of Rights (April 2009)
• Our response to the Government's Green Paper Rights and Responsibilities: Developing our constitutional framework (March 2009)
• Our response to the BIHR Lunchtime Lecture by Nick Herbert, Shadow Justice Minister (Conservative) on the Human Rights Act and a Bill of Rights (November 2009)

Policy positions and submissions - 2007

• Our response to the Government's Discrimination Law Review consultation paper "A Framework for Fairness: Proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain" (September 2007)
• Our response to the Government's draft periodic report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (July 2007)
• Our submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights call for evidence on a British Bill of Rights (July 2007)
• Our response to the consultation by the human rights organisation JUSTICE on a Bill of Rights for Britain (June 2007)
• Our submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities (May 2007)
• Our response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission consultation on its draft vision and mission (May 2007)
• Our submission to the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into equality (May 2007)
• Our submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights call for evidence on the human rights of older persons in healthcare (February 2007)

Policy positions and submissions - 2006 and older

• Our response to the Government's Equalities Review Interim Report for Consultation (June 2006) 
• Our response to the Department for Constitutional Affairs' Human Rights review (July 2006)
• Our Evidence to the Government's Equalities Review, submitted jointly with the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE (November 2005)
• Our response to the Government's White Paper Fairness for All: A Commission for Equality and Human Rights (August 2004)