Joint Committee on Human Rights

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider human rights issues in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Membership

As of November 2024^[update], the members of the committee are as follows:^[2]

Member	Party		Constituency
Lord Alton of Liverpool		Crossbench	Lords
Alex Ballinger		Labour	Halesowen
Juliet Campbell		Labour	Broxtowe
Lord Dholakia		Liberal Democrat	Lords
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws		Labour	Lords
Afzal Khan		Labour	Manchester Rusholme
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon		Labour	Lords
Lord Murray of Blidworth		Conservative	Lords
Alex Sobel		Labour	Leeds Central and Headingley
Desmond Swayne		Conservative	New Forest West

See also

References

^ "Role - Joint Committee on Human Rights". UK Parliament.
^ "Human Rights (Joint Committee) - membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

External links

"Joint Committee on Human Rights". UK Parliament. 30 May 2024.
The records of the Joint Committee on Human Rights are held by the Parliamentary Archives

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