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THE government is in breach of its human rights obligations under a key United Nations treaty aimed at eradicating racism, a new report warns.
Today’s paper from the Runnymede Trust found ministers had not met their obligations under the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
The British government is required to submit regular reports to the organisation’s racial discrimination committee, which monitors adherence to ICERD, but ministers have still not sent an update due in April 2020 after agreeing a Covid-19 extension, the charity said.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
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DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
