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Last month, Juliet Lyon, former IAPDC Chair, gave oral evidence to the Justice Committee on areas covered in her end of term report relating to the work of the Committee.

The Secretary of State for Justice has appointed Pauline McCabe OBE and Dr Jake Hard as panel members from July 2023 to July 2026.

Following publication of the Illegal Migration Bill, Lynn Emslie, IAPDC Chair, has written to the Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP to raise the Panel’s concerns about the impact of the proposals contained within the Bill on the ability of the Home Office to keep people in detention safe.

The IAPDC recently submitted written evidence to the ‘call for input’ on deaths in custody by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz. The Panel’s evidence sets out existing practices for data collection on deaths in prisons, immigration detention, police custody, and the deaths of patients detained under the Mental Health Act.

The Secretary of State for Justice has appointed Raj Desai as a panel member from 13 March 2023 to 12 March 2026. Raj is a barrister at Matrix Chambers specialising in human rights and public law.

The Secretary of State for Justice has appointed a new Chair, Lynn Emslie.

Former IAPDC Chair, Juliet Lyon, has today published an end of term report.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) is looking for up to four new Panel members to lead and embed work to reduce deaths in all forms of state custody.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) has today, 2 December 2022, published a report which brings together, for the first time, a wide range of policing practice across England and Wales to prevent deaths at the point of arrest, during and after custody.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody has become increasingly concerned about the capacity of the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison Service to keep people safe in custody. The Lord Chancellor and Ministerial colleagues have a fundamental human rights obligation to protect lives and prevent deaths in custody.