This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information on the international Human Rights Day, which takes place on 10 December 2018.
Human Rights Day: 10 December 2018 (226 KB , PDF)
Human Rights Day is observed annually on 10 December, the date that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This year will mark the 70th anniversary of the Declaration’s adoption. This briefing provides an overview of the UN’s year‑long campaign to mark the anniversary of the Declaration; the UN’s human rights priorities and programme of work for the period 2018 to 2021; and the UK Government’s strategic aims with regards to promoting human rights internationally.
Human Rights Day: 10 December 2018 (226 KB , PDF)
This proposed law would prevent sentencing guidelines setting out when a pre-sentence report should be obtained from being framed by reference to the personal characteristics of an offender such as race, religion or belief and cultural background.
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day and Victory over Japan Day, events which in 1945 brought an end to the second world war. On those days 80 years ago, celebrations erupted across Britain. However, world leaders and domestic politicians were aware of the numerous problems still to be tackled, such as reconstruction, demobilisation and the legacy of the development and use of the atomic bomb.
Between the 1970s and 1990s, the Gaddafi-led Libyan regime supplied the Provisional IRA with weapons, finance and military training. This included shipments of the explosive Semtex, which was used in several bombings where a number of people died and many more were injured. Campaigners have called on the UK government to use Libyan assets frozen in 2011 to compensate victims. However, successive governments, including the current Labour government, have declined to do so, arguing it would break international law.
