Equality and Human Rights Commission

This page presents the terms of reference for the Human Rights Inquiry 

The Terms of Reference were:

• To assess progress towards the effectiveness and enjoyment of a culture of respect for human rights in Great Britain.
• To consider how the current human rights framework* might best be developed and used to realise the vision of a society built on fairness and respect, confident in all aspects of its diversity.

*   The 'human rights framework' was taken to mean the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and the principles underpinning it. However, the inquiry did not exclude evidence of where international human rights treaties, which the UK has ratified but not incorporated into United Kingdom law by the Human Rights Act, may have been used by organisations or taken into account in developing their approach to public service delivery and a 'human rights' culture.