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1 Human Rights in 2013: Challenges for JUSTICE Angela Patrick Director of Human Rights, JUSTICE March 2013

2 Odd one out?

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4 How JUSTICE works Research and education; –A British Bill of Rights (2007) Lobbying; and –Responding to the Bill of Rights Commission –The Brighton Conference Third party interventions. –Smith v MoD

5 The Choice Before Us? Majority “for” a Bill of Rights What Bill of Rights? The “Minority Report”: No case for change A Bill of Rights for whom? Not before 2014: a bigger constitutional debate?

6 2015: The rights debate?

7 Before 2015 The Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners Entitlements) Bill The Immigration (Family Life) Bill 2013? Protocols 15 & 16 ECHR Abu Qatada (again)

8 What role for JUSTICE? Research and education? Speaking to our membership and beyond? Public outreach? Direct action? A strategy for 2013 and beyond?

9 Contacts apatrick@justice.org.uk www.justice.org.uk @JUSTICEhq


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