Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on the report from the House of Lords European Union Committee Brexit: Justice for Families, Individuals and Businesses? on 20 December 2017.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill on 1 November 2017.
Research Briefing
This Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of this year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, to be held on 30 July 2017. It provides an overview of trafficking globally, and focuses particularly on Trafficking in Persons in relation to the UK.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Extradition Law Committee; its two reports ('The European Arrest Warrant Opt-In' and 'Extradition: Law and Practice'); its conclusions and recommendations; the government’s responses; and a summary of the debates held on the two reports in the House of Lords.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill ahead of its scheduled second reading in the House of Lords on 10 March 2017.
Research Briefing
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, on 2 December 2016, marks the date of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The Convention was approved by resolution of the General Assembly on 2 December 1949. The focus of the day is on “eradicating contemporary forms of slavery”, such as trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation, the “worst” forms of child labour, forced marriage, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict. This House of Lords briefing provides background information on modern slavery internationally, and outlines legislation which has been introduced in the UK to address this issue
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate that is scheduled to take place in the House on 1 December 2016 on the best options for the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the European Union following the referendum vote to leave.
Research Briefing
On 24 November 2016, the House of Lords will debate the case for limiting the number and nature of claims against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and UK armed services personnel arising out of future armed conflict abroad. On 4 October 2016, the Government announced that it would introduce a presumption to derogate from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in future conflicts in order to protect the armed forces from “persistent legal claims”. This briefing will focus on the Government’s recent proposals to derogate from the ECHR. It provides an overview of the legal framework for military operations, summarises some of the key legal claims that have been made against the armed forces, and outlines the work of the Iraq Historic Investigations Team (IHAT).
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on the House of Lords Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee’s report, Sexual Violence in Conflict: A War Crime.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming question for short debate on the impact of the decision by the Government of France to dismantle the refugee camp in Calais on children living in the camps.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming debate on the Iraq Inquiry Report: Motion to Take Note.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming debate on the Iraq Inquiry Report: Motion to Take Note
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords’ consideration of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL].
Research Briefing
The House of Lords is due to debate the Queen’s Speech over four days between 19 and 25 May 2016. This briefing is one of four prepared by the House of Lords Library to cover the themes of each day of debate.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack provides material in support of the QSD in the House of Lords on the Ratification of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
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