The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a
joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is a type ...
. The remit of the committee is to consider
human rights issues in the United Kingdom
Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the United Kingdom constitutional law, UK constitution, human rights derive from common law, from statutes such a ...
.
Membership
As of December 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:
See also
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Joint Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is a type ...
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Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom
The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, app ...
References
External links
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The records of the Joint Committee on Human Rights are held by the Parliamentary Archives
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Human Rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...
Select Committees of the British House of Commons
Human rights in the United Kingdom