The House of Commons Library have produced a September 2019 briefing analysing the debate over the voting rights of prisoners since May 2015. The paper
The Scottish Government are introducing a set of legislations which aims to ensure that children’s best interests are at the centre of every family law case, and that children’s views are heard by the court.
‘Now is not the time for short-term public spending splurges, we need a long-term plan’ says the September 2019 report from the Centre for Labour
A September 2019 report from Refugee Action and NACCOM reveals that vulnerable people refused asylum in the UK are being failed by the Government’s asylum
The Domestic Abuse Bill will prohibit perpetrators of abuse from cross-examining their victims in person in the family courts. This is according to policy paper from the Home Office on the measures in the Bill.
In November 2018, the Commission for Countering Extremism launched a consultation in order to build understanding and evidence on all forms of extremism and, to examine the Government’s current responses to it.
In July 2019, the Commission published a statistical summary of the responses received.
If Muslim women are putting their trust in the criminal justice system, this trust needs to be recognised. They should not only be supported but also feel supported.
‘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.
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.
