Catch up with some of the work of @HumanRightsCtte @LordSpeaker @CommonsSpeaker https://t.co/RbxOGTKHNz
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) January 29, 2025
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report. There are 3 Current Inquiries of the Joint Committee on Human Rights https://x.com/HumanRightsCtte
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7953/accountability-for-daesh-crimes
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8812/forced-labour-in-uk-supply-chains
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8867/transnational-repression-in-the-uk
This week I chaired @HumanRightsCtte hearing with the outstanding @AlexCrawfordSky of @SkyNews, giving evidence on dangers posed by ISIS in Syria, Iraq & potentially in the UK & our failure to prevent, protect & punish, as required by Genocide Convention https://t.co/hIhn26KqAJ pic.twitter.com/LLgIjyM3KB
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) February 14, 2025
In this powerful description of the appalling plight of a Yazidi woman @AlexCrawfordSky tells @HumanRightsCtte Inquiry what cruelties were inflicted by Jihadists who have yet to be brought to justice @DavidLammy @dsnorthnorth @Lord_Collins @HFalconerMP pic.twitter.com/i5QCPHtx3U
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) February 15, 2025
Investigating the failure to bring to justice British nationals who were perpetrators of ISIS Genocide in Syria & Iraq @HumanRightsCtte will hear from journalist @AlexCrawfordSky who has been into the prison camps: Hearing on Wednesday @UKParliament @yazidijustice @ClooneyFDN pic.twitter.com/TbltWwZ7Su
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) February 10, 2025
We will hear from @AlexCrawfordSky at our meeting at 3pm, Wednesday 12 February.
— UK Parliament Human Rights Committee (@HumanRightsCtte) February 10, 2025
Alex Crawford OBE is a Sky News Special Correspondent.
Our inquiry is looking into whether members of Daesh are being held accountable in the UK for their crimes committed abroad. pic.twitter.com/ZC7zNHCEfc
As part of the @HumanRightsCtte Inquiry into supply chain transparency and forced labour we heard expert opinion from Professor Alexander Trautrims. @DavidLammy @YvetteCooperMP @Ed_Miliband @LordPhilofBrum @theresa_may https://t.co/ksW3qhT8Vf
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) January 30, 2025
We have launched an inquiry into forced labour in UK supply chains.
— UK Parliament Human Rights Committee (@HumanRightsCtte) January 21, 2025
Goods made using forced labour may be available to buy in the UK, meaning business practices that violate human rights could be making profits from consumers.
Submit evidence on our website by 14 February.
Today in @UKParliament at 2.15 the @HumanRightsCtte will hold a Hearing as part of its Inquiry into Transnational Repression.The
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) February 5, 2025
Committee will hear from:
o Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC,
o Dr Andrew Chubb,
o Laura Harth, Safeguard
Defenders https://t.co/0qXXKV5sc9@DavidLammy https://t.co/8LySQKRydF
During our @HumanRightsCtte Inquiry into supply chains and forced labour we heard from @MahmutRahima of @UyghurCongress about some of the goods we buy on line – and in our shops – and made by slave labour in Xinjiang in a state accused by @HouseofCommons of Genocide. https://t.co/v3e9zoTsxU
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) January 29, 2025
Evidence from Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Dr Andrew Chubb,o Laura Harth, Safeguard Defenders. See:
Lord Alton, I first heard of you as a child because of your book on transnational repression, "Iran: State of Terror" – which I still have and treasure. Thank you for always standing up for the victims and holding the perpetrators accountable🙏🏽📷♥️
— latar (@latar) February 5, 2025
Lethttps://x.com/DavidAltonHL/status/1887037771568578582ter to The Home Secretary from the JCHR
We have written to @YvetteCooperMP @ukhomeoffice to ask what steps the Government is taking to prevent modern slavery in the UK.
— UK Parliament Human Rights Committee (@HumanRightsCtte) February 13, 2025
This follows reports of forced labour of at least 16 people, trafficked by a criminal gang, working in businesses supplying UK supermarkets.
In 2023, it emerged that 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office run hotels.
— UK Parliament Human Rights Committee (@HumanRightsCtte) January 31, 2025
By March 2024 only 118 of these children had been found.
We have written to @ukhomeoffice for an update.
On Wednesday we will be hearing from experts regarding the Mental Health Bill.
— UK Parliament Human Rights Committee (@HumanRightsCtte) January 27, 2025
The Bill aims to make major reforms to a number of aspects of the Mental Health Act 1983.
We'll hear from @UleleB, @BristolUni, @CentreforMH and @MindCharity.
The deadline for written evidence on the Northern Ireland Legacy Remedial Order is on 20 January.
— UK Parliament Human Rights Committee (@HumanRightsCtte) January 15, 2025
You can submit evidence on our website.
Find out more about about the inquiry via the link below. pic.twitter.com/vSkPrSb3iF
