Letter from the Chair of the Committee
to Trevor Phillips, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission,
dated 5 November 2008
Thank you for appearing before the Committee
last month. As we indicated at the time, we had further questions
of interest which we did not have time to ask. Consequently, I
would be grateful if you could send us a memorandum dealing with
the following matters:
— the nature of your engagement with
the Fundamental Rights Agency (Q4);
— recognition of the EHRC as a national
human rights institution: could you let us know what progress
is being made on this;
— what work you are doing to follow-up
the concluding observations of UN human rights institutions, such
as the UNCRC, CEDAW and the Universal Periodic Review; and
— whether you are pressing the Government
to sign up to Optional Protocols to international treaties which
provide for an individual right to petition.
I would be grateful if you could reply by Monday
24 November and if you could send a Word copy of your reply to
jchr@parliament.uk, in addition to your signed letter.
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