Blogs

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that her Autumn Budget was one based on ‘the right choices for a fairer, stronger, and more secure Britain.’ It is a Budget which she says, ‘will bring down inflation and provide immediate relief for families’ and is based on ‘fair taxes, strong public services and a stable economy.’ […]

Blogs

What does it take to build a truly rights-based movement for racial justice? Seven months into our Racial Justice through Human Rights (RJtHR) programme, one thing is clear: change doesn’t happen without trust – and trust takes time, collaboration, and listening. RJtHR is a partnership between Just Fair and Black South West Network (BSWN) to […]

Blogs

This article was orginally published in the Big Issue. The UK Government has recently unveiled a new immigration White Paper, and the prime minister has signalled a tougher stance on migration — but missing from both is a commitment to the basic rights and dignity of people seeking asylum. These developments risk entrenching the same […]

Guide, Web pages

Human rights are recognised in international treaties that the UK was instrumental in establishing. One of these treaties is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) -you can read our plain English version of this treaty here. The ICESCR is an international human rights treaty that was ratified by the UK in […]

Blogs

Today we publish our submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR) seventh review of the UK, on behalf of civil society in England, and a joint statement sent to UN CESCR signed by 70 civil society organisations across the UK. The system is failing Our submission, compiled from evidence […]

Blogs

This is a guest blog written by Dr Aristi Volou, Lecturer, Department of Law, Goldsmiths, University of London summarizing a paper on the relationship between democracy and economic and social rights in the UK. This paper makes the case for the (legal or constitutional) recognition, justiciability and practical observance of economic and social rights in […]

Submissions

May 2024 - Just Fair submission to CRAE's call for evidence to inform their report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This submission focuses on the rights of children and young people in asylum accommodation, particularly in relation to health and education.

Presentations

25 April 2024. Emma Morgan (Sen Reform NI) presentation to everyday rights conversation discussion session on rights resourcing.

Briefings

Summary of discussion session on rights knowledge, held on 28 February 2024. Speakers included: • Kate Ewing, Researcher, Just Fair • Anmol Kaur Singh, Ambassador for change for children’s rights • Sanchita Hosali, CEO, British Institute of Human Rights • Elena Ippoliti, Coordinator, Human Rights Education and Training Unit (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)

Tools

March 2024: This resource introduces rights under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, an international treaty ratified by the UK in 1976, the concepts that underpin them, and the laws that protect them.