Joint Committee On Human Rights - Twelfth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 12 May 2004.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Summary

Bills drawn to the special attention of each House

1 Children Bill

Background

The human rights implications of the Bill

Children's Commissioner

Use of the CRC as a framework

The Commissioner's mandate

The Commissioner's powers

Independence

Children's Services

Information Sharing (Clauses 8 and 23)

Reasonable chastisement defence

Finance Bill

Explanatory Notes

Retrospectivity

Spouse Exemption

2 Gender Recognition Bill

Background

Disclosure

The Conscientious Objection Provision

3 Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill

The human rights implications of the Bill

Conscientious Objection

4 Promotion of Volunteering Bill

The Human Rights Implications of the Bill

The Positive Obligation to Protect by Law the Rights under Articles 2, 3 and 8

Discrimination in relation to remedies in respect of Convention breaches

Data protection

Formal Minutes

Appendices

Appendix 1: Children Bill

Appendix 2: Finance Bill

Appendix 3: Gender Recognition Bill

Appendix 4: Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill

Appendix 5: Promotion of Volunteering Bill

Public Bills Reported on by the Committee (Session 2003-04)

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Prepared 20 May 2004