Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Human Rights Ombudsperson

Status: Closed Opened: 12 May 2022 Closed: 9 Jun 2023 1 report

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched a new inquiry to explore whether a Human Rights Ombudsperson should be created, and whether this would improve how people enforce their rights out of court. This follows the Committee’s previous work on enforcing human rights and scrutiny of the Government’s proposals to reform the Human Rights …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eleventh Report - Human Rights Ombudsperson HC 222 28 Mar 2023 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
29 Jun 2022 Dr Richard Kirkham · The University of Sheffield, Evan Lerwill · Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Melanie Field · Equality and Human Rights Commission, Professor Robert Thomas · The University of Manchester, Rob Behrens CBE · Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
8 Jun 2023 Correspondence from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSCO) rela…