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)
While international attention has largely been focused on the Middle East and Ukraine, the civil war in Sudan continues. The UN has characterised the conflict as the “world’s largest hunger crisis”. As peace negotiations stall, concerns are rising not only for the people of Sudan but also about the conflict spreading to neighbouring states.
The prison population in England and Wales is at risk of exceeding prison capacity. To address this in the short term, the Labour government has changed the law to allow certain prisoners to be automatically released on licence into the community after serving 40% of their sentence in prison. This briefing explores what the reaction to the law change has been and whether there are alternative options that could prevent prisons becoming full.
This briefing provides a summary of a recent report by the international children’s rights charity Save the Children entitled ‘Stop the war on children: Let them live in peace’, as well as UK government policy in this area. It has been prepared ahead of Baroness Anelay of St Johns’ (Conservative) upcoming debate on 12 September 2024 on the government’s assessment of the impact of international conflict on children and the recommendations proposed in Save the Children’s report.
