HISTORICAL FACTS: Jchr - The Untold Story

MPs and peers call for new law to curb AI’s risk to human rights and privacy

AI is ‘moving with such speed and complexity that its impact is hard to accurately predict’

The Independent UK · Sep 14

Government urged to mull consent of Attorney General for Troubles prosecutions

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) said improvements must to be made to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

Evening Standard · Sep 6

Missing UK Asylum Children Found in 'Exploitative Situations' Amid Trafficking Fears

Forty former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children remain missing from Home Office accommodation, with some who were found reportedly in exploitative situations.

International Business Times UK · Aug 28

‘Time running out’ for UK to apologise over forced adoptions

Campaigners demand government issue formal apology to women forced to give up their babies in 1950s-70s

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Dozens of Lords defend Tory peer who called colleague ‘Lord Poppadom’

Catherine Meyer may receive three week suspension, which her defenders say goes against ‘principles of natural justice’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Forced adoptions: why government won’t apologise

Hundreds of women forced to give their babies up for adoption are renewing their calls for the UK government to follow Scotland and Wales in issuing a formal apology, in light of new evidence.

The Week · Jul 11, 2023

Government ‘sorry on behalf of society’ for ‘appalling’ treatment of unmarried mothers

Government says a formal apology was not appropriate ‘since the state did not actively support these practices’ between 1949 and 1976.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Government ‘sorry on behalf of society’ for treatment of unmarried mothers

But it said a formal apology was not appropriate ‘since the state did not actively support these practices’ between 1949 and 1976.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Victims of historic forced adoption deserve apology, UK ministers told

Tens of thousands of unmarried mothers had their babies taken away between 1949 and 1976, aided by public institutions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

Replacing Human Rights Act will weaken protections, say peers and MPs

Joint committee on human rights says plans contravene principle that human rights are universal

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022