‘Detaining an individual for reasons of immigration control is a deprivation of that person’s liberty’ says the March 2019 report (pdf) from the Home Affairs Committee.
This report details their key concerns with the current UK immigration detention system, specifically the treatment of vulnerable people in detention.
The current legal framework in England does not guarantee the right to adequate housing and does not conform with international human rights standards.
This March 2019 report (pdf) from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) presents the lived experience of people who were affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower.
The Scottish Government have published a progress report on work conducted with Police Scotland to review the availability of information on hate crime recorded by
‘Children in detention are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse’.
This is according to the February 2019 report from the Sexual Abuse of Children in Custodial Institutions. This report looks into the extent of any institutional failures to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation whilst in custodial institutions.
‘The ability of individuals to resolve their legal issues is vital for a just society and it is crucial that people are able to access
‘The Committee felt that, despite the huge volume of discussion and debate generated by Brexit, there has been insufficient focus thus far on the rights
If we are to properly learn the lessons of the Lawrence Inquiry Report and its legacy, we need to focus on the institutions that continue to reproduce racial inequalities 20 years on.
This is according to the Runnymede Trust’s briefing on Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 20 years on (pdf), in February 2019.
The Police Scotland’s hate crime campaign 2019 focuses on people who work in the night time economy, for example taxi and private hire drivers. Research
Home Office data from 2018 showed a noticeable increase in hate crimes recorded by the police across all monitored strands.
This is according to the February 2019 report (pdf) from the APPG on hate crime.
14 police forces are using, have previously used or are planning to use shady algorithms which ‘map’ future crime or predict who will commit or be a victim of crime, using biased police data.
This is according to the February 2019 report (pdf) from Liberty on police algorithms.
