1. Human Rights in 2015: Challenges and Opportunities 14 March 2015 Justice Student Human Rights Network Annual Conference Angela Patrick Director of Human Rights Policy, JUSTICE www.JUSTICE.org.uk@JUSTICEhq

2. The tools of the JCHR A Big Year for… © FCO

3. The tools of the JCHR Our Latest Council Member © FCO © Alan DR Brown

4. The tools of the JCHR Odd One Out? © FCO © Loliloli © Fox News © Guardian© Loliloli © Home Office

5. The tools of the JCHR Research and innovation –Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity (2015) Westminster and Whitehall –Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 –Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 Third party interventions –Belhaj [2014] EWCA Civ 1394 How JUSTICE works?

6. The tools of the JCHR R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice [2014] UKSC 38 Cheshire West v P [2014] UKSC 19 Guardian News and Media Ltd - v - AB and CD Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20 Austerity and justice: –Gudanaviciene v Director of Legal Aid Casework; Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin) (Exceptional Funding) –R (Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin) (Residence Test) –R (MA) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 13 Top of the Pops?

7. The tools of the JCHR Hutchinson v UK McHugh v UK Digital Rights Ireland C-293 Top of the Pops Europe?

8. The tools of the JCHR 2015: The Rights Election? © British Library

9. The tools of the JCHR Strategy Proposal? Reinstating Parliamentary Sovereignty Taking or leaving the “advice” of the ECtHR No remedy in “trivial” cases, only those considered “serious” after clarification. Amending the Ministerial Code Response? It didn’t go away. See Sections 2, 3, 4, 6 HRA 1998. Article 46. Good for us; good for Russia (and Beijing, and Tehran) Ditto. Taking human rights beyond the courts? – see Sections 6, 10, 19 HRA 1998. Protecting Human Rights in the UK?

10. The tools of the JCHR Draft Bill? Wider considerations? –EU parallels and influences –Devolution –The Common Law The Brussels Declaration 2015 The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights, Dec 2015 The Ballot and the Dispatch box…. 2015: The Rights Election? © British Library

11. The tools of the JCHR The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2016? The Counter-Terrorism, Security and Borders Act 2015? The Leveson Reforms (CrimPR for 2015) The Supreme Court & LASPO; Rounds 1-4…? Snowden meets Strasbourg; Rounds 1 & 2 Beyond the Debate?

12. The tools of the JCHR Research and education Speaking to our membership and beyond Engaging our student membership What role for JUSTICE?

13. Further reading www.JUSTICE.org.uk@JUSTICEhq