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Amnesty International UK & Migrant Voice "Modern Slavery" briefing for House of Commons Committee on Government Bill 262

The briefing sets out the feeble nature of those legal proceedings and the extraordinary degree to which the Home Secretary is empowered to control them.

This briefing explains how the proposed Public Order Bill would further undermine protest rights, repeats previously rejected and unlawful provisions, fails international human rights standards, and should be opposed or significantly mitigated by Parliame

We have joined 74 organisations to urge parliamentarians to defend protest rights.

This briefing focuses on deportation, analysing clause 8 of the Bill of Rights Bill and the context for its inclusion.

Amnesty UK briefing on Public Order Bill, House of Lords Committee Stage

We have analysed the Public Order Bill and it's provisions. We urge Parliamentarians to oppose the Bill in its entirety. This Bill is too repressive, too broad, and too vague.Protest is a human right- the Public Order Bill is incompatible with the UK's…

In this briefing urges Members of Parliament to attend the 24 October 2022 Westminster Hall debate and speak in support of protecting the Human Rights Act.

This joint briefing urges MPs to oppose the Public Order Bill in full and, if it proceeds, to support key amendments to mitigate its most serious harms to the right to protest.

This parliamentary briefing explains why the proposed Public Order Bill would unlawfully restrict protest rights and urges Parliament to oppose it in its entirety.

This briefing examines 12 Lords amendments on nationality and asylum, explaining their effects and Amnesty International’s position on each.

This briefing is for the House of Commons consideration of Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill, along with examples of 19 defeats suffered by the Government in the House of Lords.

This parliamentary briefing, originally published as part of Amnesty International UK's campaign to support civilians fleeing the war in Ukraine in 2022, provides recommendations to the UK Government concerning the conflict, and the UK's humanitarian obli

Joint briefing of Amnesty & PRCBC on Citizenship Fees (Amendment 83) for Nationality and Borders Bill Lords' Report (day 3), 8 March 2022.

This Joint Briefing calls for limits on citizenship registration fees, ensuring they reflect cost only, recognise the importance of citizenship rights, and remove fees for looked‑after children and for registrations correcting past injustices.

This joint Amnesty UK and PRCBC briefing for Lords’ Report examines nationality issues in the Nationality and Borders Bill, including Chagossians’ rights, adoption and citizenship, and deprivation of British nationality.

Joint briefing of Amnesty UK and Migrant Voice for Nationality and Borders Bill Lords' Report on Asylum in Parts 2 & 3 of the Bill.

This joint Lords briefing supports the removal of Clause 10 of the Nationality and Borders Bill, warning it would deny many stateless children born and raised in the UK the right to British citizenship.