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Commission unveils findings of most comprehensive study into human rights in England and Wales
An overwhelming majority of the British people support legislation protecting their human rights and, where a human rights approach is incorporated into public services, both users and providers benefit, a major new Inquiry Report released earlier this week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found.
Witnesses told the Inquiry about innovative and exciting new human rights initiatives and called for more leadership in promoting the positive benefits a human rights approach can bring.
The Commission's Human Rights Inquiry is the most comprehensive research to date into the Human Rights Act's first 10 years. It brings together evidence from almost 3,000 individuals and organisations including service providers, service users and advocacy groups, inspectorates, academics, legal experts, politicians, the media and Government Ministers. The Inquiry held evidence sessions across England and Wales.
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July 1, 2009
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