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09 March 2022
Issue: 7970 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights
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Human rights blunder

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The Ministry of Justice has extended its consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998, replacing it with a Bill of Rights, after legal groups including Justice and Liberty pointed out accessibility issues
It was due to close this week, which would have given some visually impaired people just 12 days to respond to the lengthy consultation, since an accessible version was made available only 10 weeks into the three-month consultation. Following the intervention by Justice, Liberty and others, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has now extended the consultation time by six weeks for visually impaired people. However, the original 8 March deadline remains in place for other respondents.
Issue: 7970 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights
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