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Racial inequalities under scrutiny

21 July 2020
Issue: 7896 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights , Discrimination
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A parliamentary committee is investigating the lack of progress on resolving racial inequalities in the protection of human rights in the UK
The Joint Committee on Human Rights will look into concerns in this area including: the disproportionate number of young black men searched and in custody; immigration, as highlighted by the Windrush scandal; health, and higher mortality rates for black women; and democracy, highlighted by significant numbers of black people not registered to vote.

Submissions can be made anonymously or confidentially (meaning it won’t be published at all), if preferred. Send to https://bit.ly/2CpJwyD by 11 September.

Issue: 7896 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights , Discrimination
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