We’re thrilled to announce that BIHR has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Supporter category for the 2019 National Advocacy Awards. The Awards recognise excellence within advocacy and congratulate exceptional contributions to the field of advocacy. BIHR is a national independent charity, with an office based at The School of Law, QMUL (find out more about our relationship with the university, here). We are incredibly pleased to be nominated because supporting people to use human rights to strengthen (self-) advocacy, ensuring that people are treated with dignity, is what we're all about. At BIHR we aim for the light bulb moments - when people make the connection between human rights and the work they do every day. We move human rights from the law books to everyday life, supporting groups and agencies to develop practical human rights approaches to the way people interact with public services. From this we have a wealth of evidence, over 50 impact stories of how using human r...

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