Joint Committee On Human Rights - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 22 July 2002.

CONTENTS

THE CASE FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

A CALL FOR EVIDENCE
INTRODUCTION

REASONS FOR CONSIDERING THAT A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MIGHT BE DESIRABLE

THE QUESTIONS

1.  Memorandum from Commission for Racial Equality

2.  Memorandum from Disability Rights Commission

3.  Memorandum from the Equal Opportunities Commission

4.  Memorandum from the Information Commissioner

5.  Memorandum by the English Public Sector Ombudsmen

6.  Memorandum from Liberty (The National Council for Civil Liberties)

7.  Memorandum from JUSTICE

8.  Memorandum from Charter 88

9.  Memorandum from Amnesty International UK Section

10.  Memorandum from the Institute for Public Policy Research

11.  Memorandum from The British Institute of Human Rights

12.  Memorandum from The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)

13.  Memorandum from the Association of Chief Police Officers

14.  Joint Memorandum from the Bar Council and the Law Society

15.  Memorandum from Professor Andrew Ashworth, Dr Sally Ball, Dr Anne Davies, Professor Sandra Fredman, Mr Jonathon Herring and Dr Liora Lazarus

Addendem: The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)

16.  Memorandum from Professor Rebecca MM Wallace, Head of School and Kenneth Dale-Risk, Lecturer, School of Law, Napier University, Edinburgh

17.  Memorandum from David Bean QC, Murray Hunt, Raza Husain, Alison Macdonald, Ken Macdonald QC, Jonathan Marks, Tim Owen QC, Rabinder Singh, Daniel Squires and Rhoori Thompson

18.  Memorandum from Francesca Klug, Academic Director of the Human Rights Act Research Unit, King's College, London

A Human Rights Commission for the UK?

19.  Memorandum from Walker Morris, Solicitors

20.  Memorandum from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

21.  Memorandum from Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

22.  Memorandum from Committee on the Administration of Justice (Northern Ireland)

23.  Memorandum from British Irish Rights Watch

24.  Memorandum from Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

25.  Memorandum from the Ulster Human Rights Watch

26.  Memorandum from Scottish Human Rights Centre

27.  Extract from a Memorandum from the Faculty of Advocates

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28.  Memorandum from Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux

29.  Extract from a Memorandum from Aidan O'Neill QC

30.  Memorandum from the Government of the National Assembly for Wales

31.  Memorandum from the Wales Public Law and Human Rights Association

32.  Memorandum from Welsh Women's Aid—Cymorth I Fenywod

33.  Memorandum from Legal Action Group (LAG)

34.  Memorandum from National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB)

35.  Memorandum from Law Centres Federation

36.  Memorandum from Trades Union Congress (TUC)

37.  Memorandum from Haringey Council

38.  Memorandum from Mind (National Association for Mental Health)

39.  Memorandum from Scope

40.  Memorandum from the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

41.  Memorandum from the Children's Society

Appendix

42.  Memorandum from Office of Children's Rights Commissioner for London

43.  Memorandum from the Children's Rights Commissioner for London

44.  Memorandum from the Children's Rights Alliance for England

45.  Memorandum from Stonewall

46.  Memorandum from Rights of Women

47.  Memorandum from the Refugee Council

48.  Memorandum from the Refugee Legal Centre

49.  Memorandum from Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA)

50.  Memorandum from Norwich & Norfolk Racial Equality Council

51.  Memorandum from Harrow Council for Racial Equality

52.  Memorandum from Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (CEMVO)

53.  Memorandum from Mr David Sparks

54.  Memorandum from Mr Sam Budu

55.  Memorandum from Laura Dent

56.  Memorandum from the Commission for Local Administration in Wales

57.  Memorandum from the Commission for Local Administration in England

58.  Memorandum from the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland

59.  Memorandum from the Police Complaints Authority

60.  Memorandum from HM Inspectorate of Probation

61.  Memorandum from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

62.  Memorandum from the Mental Health Act Commission

63.  Memorandum from the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)

64. Memorandum from HM Inspectorate of Prisons (Scotland)

65.  Memorandum from the Office of the Rail Regulator

66. Memorandum from HM Inspectorate of Prisons (England and Wales)

67.  Memorandum from Inspectorate of Social Services

68.  Memorandum from the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

69.  Memorandum from HM Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales (ESTYN)

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Prepared 2 September 2002