Joint Committee On Human Rights - Thirty-Second Report
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 7 November 2006.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Purpose of this Report
2 Events giving rise to the reviews
The case of the Afghani hijackers
Deportation of foreign prisoners
The Report on the Anthony Rice case
Conclusion
3 The DCA Review
Impact of the HRA on UK law
Impact of the HRA on policy formulation
Human rights in the policy making process
The role of the DCA
Improved guidance and training
Impact of HRA on constitutional balance between
Government, Parliament and the Courts
Myths and misperceptions about the HRA
Public perceptions
Proactively debunking myths
Possible amendment of the HRA
The meaning of "public authority"
The DCA's 2004 strategic review
4 The Home Office Review
The Review's conclusions
The evidential basis of the Home Office Review
Myth-busting
Publication of the Review's findings
5 Rebalancing the Criminal Justice System
Perception or reality? The need for evidence
The rights of victims
Chahal
Race discrimination in the criminal justice
system
Diversion from custody
6 Reforming the IND
Presumption of deportation for foreign nationals
Strengthening the link between criminality
and deportation
Racial profiling and risk assessment by IND
7 Building a human rights culture
The Human Rights Act and a "human
rights culture"
The need for evidence
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
Reports from the Joint Committee
on Human Rights in this Parliament
ORAL EVIDENCE
30 October 2006
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