Government Response on Human Rights Protections in International Agreements published

22 May 2019 12:00 PM

The Human Rights Committee publishes the Government’s Response to its report on Human Rights Protections in International Agreements.

• Read the Government Response
• Inquiry: Human Rights Protections in International Agreements
• Joint Committee on Human Rights

Background

The Government commits to ensuring that all Explanatory Memoranda accompanying treaties laid before Parliament under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRaG) contain a separate section which sets out the compatibility of the treaty’s provisions with the UK’s international human rights obligations (see Committee recommendations 3 and 14)

Further information

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