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· Dec 16
The future of human rights and justice in the UK
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📽️ The recording from our Human Rights Day event, the future of human rights and justice in the UK, is now live.
Hear from practitioners, academics and authors on the barriers to enforcing everyday social rights and what must change.
Watch now 👇
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Hear from practitioners, academics and authors on the barriers to enforcing everyday social rights and what must change.
Watch now 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMON...
🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting!
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
UK ESCR Network | Just Fair
UK ESCR Network The UK Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network is a collective of organisations and individuals committed to the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights, without discrimination in the UK. What is the UK ESCR Network? Just Fair is proud to chair and support the UK Economic, Social and Cultural […]
justfair.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting!
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
🧭 We’re glad to share that we have just joined the Together Alliance.
At a time when division and scapegoating are being used to distract from broken systems, this alliance brings people together to challenge far-right narratives and build a fairer, more inclusive society.
At a time when division and scapegoating are being used to distract from broken systems, this alliance brings people together to challenge far-right narratives and build a fairer, more inclusive society.
Together Alliance
TOGETHER is an alliance of over 120 civil society organisations united against the far right.
www.togetheralliance.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🧭 We’re glad to share that we have just joined the Together Alliance.
At a time when division and scapegoating are being used to distract from broken systems, this alliance brings people together to challenge far-right narratives and build a fairer, more inclusive society.
At a time when division and scapegoating are being used to distract from broken systems, this alliance brings people together to challenge far-right narratives and build a fairer, more inclusive society.
🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action.
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action.
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
🗞️ Child poverty is back in the headlines.
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
If Labour is serious about ending child poverty, rights must be the foundation | Just Fair
This article was orginally published in Labour List. When Rachel Reeves defended the Labour Government’s decision to scrap the two-child limit, she was clear about the stakes. “We’ve got to make sure that no party ever feels that they can get away with reversing this policy,” she said. She’s right. The question is how. The […]
justfair.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🗞️ Child poverty is back in the headlines.
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
🛏️ Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy.
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.
Why housing people seeking asylum at Crowborough is a dangerous mistake | Just Fair
This was orginally published in the Big Issue. This week, people who fled war and persecution will be housed on a former military base at Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex. The government calls it a solution. In reality, it is the revival of a policy that has already failed, with consequences ministers were warned […]
justfair.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🛏️ Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy.
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.
🎒 The UK Government is not supportive of a new proposed UN treaty that would support pre-primary education for kids globally.
The UK needs to change its position and support these fundamental rights for all kids.
The UK needs to change its position and support these fundamental rights for all kids.
Dr Eirini Gkouskou: What pre-schoolers had to say about the right of all children to have an early education - Nursery World
What would pre-school children across the world do to improve access to early years education? Erini Gkouskou found out.
www.nurseryworld.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🎒 The UK Government is not supportive of a new proposed UN treaty that would support pre-primary education for kids globally.
The UK needs to change its position and support these fundamental rights for all kids.
The UK needs to change its position and support these fundamental rights for all kids.
❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues.
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
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Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues.
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
cafdonate.cafonline....
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
cafdonate.cafonline....
📊 A new report from @jrf-uk.bsky.social lays bare the state of poverty in the UK in 2026.
Rising costs, insecure housing and weak social security pushing millions into hardship.
We need to redesign systems with rights built in so everyone can live with dignity.
www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
Rising costs, insecure housing and weak social security pushing millions into hardship.
We need to redesign systems with rights built in so everyone can live with dignity.
www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
UK Poverty 2026: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK, and evaluates changes under the last Conservative-led Government. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the current Government to del...
www.jrf.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
📊 A new report from @jrf-uk.bsky.social lays bare the state of poverty in the UK in 2026.
Rising costs, insecure housing and weak social security pushing millions into hardship.
We need to redesign systems with rights built in so everyone can live with dignity.
www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
Rising costs, insecure housing and weak social security pushing millions into hardship.
We need to redesign systems with rights built in so everyone can live with dignity.
www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
It is also a violation of human rights. The right to housing means homes that are suitable, safe and dignified.
The children living in temporary accommodation deserve an enshrined right to housing in the UK.
The children living in temporary accommodation deserve an enshrined right to housing in the UK.
Temporary accommodation is harmful to all children, but if you are neurodivergent, it can be overwhelming, unsafe and have lasting effects.
Noise, overcrowding, constant moves, no routine, no quiet space. Children deserve better.
Noise, overcrowding, constant moves, no routine, no quiet space. Children deserve better.
Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 AM
It is also a violation of human rights. The right to housing means homes that are suitable, safe and dignified.
The children living in temporary accommodation deserve an enshrined right to housing in the UK.
The children living in temporary accommodation deserve an enshrined right to housing in the UK.
🚸 We are supporting Amendment (221) to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would place Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) on a statutory footing.
This is a practical first step towards embedding children’s rights in law and policy.
This is a practical first step towards embedding children’s rights in law and policy.
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
🚸 We are supporting Amendment (221) to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would place Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) on a statutory footing.
This is a practical first step towards embedding children’s rights in law and policy.
This is a practical first step towards embedding children’s rights in law and policy.
🌍 Air pollution is a human rights issue, affecting health, equality and dignity.
Join our partners at Environmental Rights Centre Scotland tomorrow for a lunchtime 101 on air pollution and rights, exploring impacts, responsibilities and routes to accountability.
www.ercs.scot/news/l...
Join our partners at Environmental Rights Centre Scotland tomorrow for a lunchtime 101 on air pollution and rights, exploring impacts, responsibilities and routes to accountability.
www.ercs.scot/news/l...
January 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM
🌍 Air pollution is a human rights issue, affecting health, equality and dignity.
Join our partners at Environmental Rights Centre Scotland tomorrow for a lunchtime 101 on air pollution and rights, exploring impacts, responsibilities and routes to accountability.
www.ercs.scot/news/l...
Join our partners at Environmental Rights Centre Scotland tomorrow for a lunchtime 101 on air pollution and rights, exploring impacts, responsibilities and routes to accountability.
www.ercs.scot/news/l...
🧒 The new Child Poverty Strategy is a welcome shift — lifting 550,000 children out of poverty matters.
But child poverty is a human rights issue, not just an economic one. Without grounding the strategy in children’s rights, progress remains fragile.
👇 New blog
But child poverty is a human rights issue, not just an economic one. Without grounding the strategy in children’s rights, progress remains fragile.
👇 New blog
The Child Poverty Strategy: a welcome step, but rights must be the foundation | Just Fair
The UK Government’s new Child Poverty Strategy, released at the end of 2025, marks a long-awaited shift in approach. After years of rising child poverty, the commitment to lift an estimated 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030, alongside wider support for 7.1 million children, represents one of the most significant policy interventions in over […]
justfair.org.uk
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🧒 The new Child Poverty Strategy is a welcome shift — lifting 550,000 children out of poverty matters.
But child poverty is a human rights issue, not just an economic one. Without grounding the strategy in children’s rights, progress remains fragile.
👇 New blog
But child poverty is a human rights issue, not just an economic one. Without grounding the strategy in children’s rights, progress remains fragile.
👇 New blog
❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues.
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
cafdonate.cafonline....
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
cafdonate.cafonline....
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues.
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
cafdonate.cafonline....
Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish.
cafdonate.cafonline....
📬 Everyday rights—like housing, health, education, and social security—are fundamental human rights. If you care about dignity, justice, and equality, sign up to our newsletter and stay informed on how to protect these rights for all.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📬 Everyday rights—like housing, health, education, and social security—are fundamental human rights. If you care about dignity, justice, and equality, sign up to our newsletter and stay informed on how to protect these rights for all.
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🏚️ Military barracks retraumatise people who fled war and imprisonment.
In @bigissue.com, I write with @hrw.org about why the UK’s new military base accommodation for people seeking asylum revives an idea that inspectors, courts and rights groups have long condemned.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
In @bigissue.com, I write with @hrw.org about why the UK’s new military base accommodation for people seeking asylum revives an idea that inspectors, courts and rights groups have long condemned.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough repeats mistakes of past
As asylum seekers move into Crowborough military base, Human Rights Watch and Just Fair warn Labour are dusting off a failed playbook.
www.bigissue.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 PM
🏚️ Military barracks retraumatise people who fled war and imprisonment.
In @bigissue.com, I write with @hrw.org about why the UK’s new military base accommodation for people seeking asylum revives an idea that inspectors, courts and rights groups have long condemned.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
In @bigissue.com, I write with @hrw.org about why the UK’s new military base accommodation for people seeking asylum revives an idea that inspectors, courts and rights groups have long condemned.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy.
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist, ministers should choose them.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist, ministers should choose them.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough repeats mistakes of past
As asylum seekers move into Crowborough military base, Human Rights Watch and Just Fair warn Labour are dusting off a failed playbook.
www.bigissue.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy.
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist, ministers should choose them.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health.
Rights-respecting solutions exist, ministers should choose them.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/crow...
🚸 Welcome progress on child poverty and scrapping the two-child limit, but strategies alone won’t lock change in.
Our latest piece for LabourList makes the case for economic, social and cultural rights as the long-term solution.
🔗
Our latest piece for LabourList makes the case for economic, social and cultural rights as the long-term solution.
🔗
If Labour is serious about ending child poverty, rights must be the foundation | Just Fair
This article was orginally published in Labour List. When Rachel Reeves defended the Labour Government’s decision to scrap the two-child limit, she was clear about the stakes. “We’ve got to make sure that no party ever feels that they can get away with reversing this policy,” she said. She’s right. The question is how. The […]
justfair.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🚸 Welcome progress on child poverty and scrapping the two-child limit, but strategies alone won’t lock change in.
Our latest piece for LabourList makes the case for economic, social and cultural rights as the long-term solution.
🔗
Our latest piece for LabourList makes the case for economic, social and cultural rights as the long-term solution.
🔗
🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action.
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action.
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work.
www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...
🍲 Wales has already shown it can lead on embedding human rights in law.
As Senedd member, Adam Price MS sets out, the right to food is recognised in international law – and the key levers are devolved. A right to food in Wales is both possible and necessary.
As Senedd member, Adam Price MS sets out, the right to food is recognised in international law – and the key levers are devolved. A right to food in Wales is both possible and necessary.
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🍲 Wales has already shown it can lead on embedding human rights in law.
As Senedd member, Adam Price MS sets out, the right to food is recognised in international law – and the key levers are devolved. A right to food in Wales is both possible and necessary.
As Senedd member, Adam Price MS sets out, the right to food is recognised in international law – and the key levers are devolved. A right to food in Wales is both possible and necessary.
🏚️ Blaming migrants for the housing crisis is a dangerous distraction. Migrants are not the cause of unaffordable, insecure housing, they are among those hardest hit.
The right to housing means tackling policy failure and unfair power, not scapegoating communities.
The right to housing means tackling policy failure and unfair power, not scapegoating communities.
Stop Scapegoating Migrants
Reform is manipulating its supporters to believe that migrants are to blame for Britain’s housing crisis. In reality, the party’s far-right policies will only benefit those responsible for people's inadequate living conditions: landlords and the state.
tribunemag.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🏚️ Blaming migrants for the housing crisis is a dangerous distraction. Migrants are not the cause of unaffordable, insecure housing, they are among those hardest hit.
The right to housing means tackling policy failure and unfair power, not scapegoating communities.
The right to housing means tackling policy failure and unfair power, not scapegoating communities.
🔥 As far-right narratives grow louder, community groups are doing the work of embedding equality from the inside out.
Our London Communities Human Rights Programme shows how human rights, rooted in social justice, can be tools for dignity, solidarity and real change.
Our London Communities Human Rights Programme shows how human rights, rooted in social justice, can be tools for dignity, solidarity and real change.
Non-discrimination in practice: reflections from the London Communities Human Rights Programme | Just Fair
At Just Fair, we often speak of human rights not only as legal protections, but as tools for justice and principles that can shape the way we live, communicate, and rebuild the world around us. The human rights-based approach (HRBA) is at the centre of this vision – a framework grounded in values of participation, […]
justfair.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🔥 As far-right narratives grow louder, community groups are doing the work of embedding equality from the inside out.
Our London Communities Human Rights Programme shows how human rights, rooted in social justice, can be tools for dignity, solidarity and real change.
Our London Communities Human Rights Programme shows how human rights, rooted in social justice, can be tools for dignity, solidarity and real change.
🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting!
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
UK ESCR Network | Just Fair
UK ESCR Network The UK Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network is a collective of organisations and individuals committed to the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights, without discrimination in the UK. What is the UK ESCR Network? Just Fair is proud to chair and support the UK Economic, Social and Cultural […]
justfair.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting!
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:
💰 Extreme wealth concentration isn’t just an economic issue, it’s a human rights one.
When a handful of billionaires shape decisions, people are locked out of power over housing, health, food and social security. Democracy can’t survive rule by the richest.
When a handful of billionaires shape decisions, people are locked out of power over housing, health, food and social security. Democracy can’t survive rule by the richest.
3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind.
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
💰 Extreme wealth concentration isn’t just an economic issue, it’s a human rights one.
When a handful of billionaires shape decisions, people are locked out of power over housing, health, food and social security. Democracy can’t survive rule by the richest.
When a handful of billionaires shape decisions, people are locked out of power over housing, health, food and social security. Democracy can’t survive rule by the richest.
🗞️ Child poverty is back in the headlines.
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
🔗 justfair.org.uk/if-labour-is...
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
🔗 justfair.org.uk/if-labour-is...
If Labour is serious about ending child poverty, rights must be the foundation | Just Fair
This article was orginally published in Labour List. When Rachel Reeves defended the Labour Government’s decision to scrap the two-child limit, she was clear about the stakes. “We’ve got to make sure ...
justfair.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🗞️ Child poverty is back in the headlines.
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
🔗 justfair.org.uk/if-labour-is...
Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.
🔗 justfair.org.uk/if-labour-is...
📜 The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill returns to the Lords this week.
The Bill would give new Strategic Authorities powers over decisions that shape everyday life – including growth planning, health, and health inequalities.
The Bill would give new Strategic Authorities powers over decisions that shape everyday life – including growth planning, health, and health inequalities.
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
📜 The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill returns to the Lords this week.
The Bill would give new Strategic Authorities powers over decisions that shape everyday life – including growth planning, health, and health inequalities.
The Bill would give new Strategic Authorities powers over decisions that shape everyday life – including growth planning, health, and health inequalities.