Human Rights Weekly News Round Up 10 – 13 August 2020

News from BIHR Our Human Rights Sessions At BIHR we work across the UK, supporting people, staff and communities to create change using human rights. Our August is looking very busy indeed with lots of human rights sessions, delivered to Local Councils, or in partnership with other organisations. We’re really looking forward to them as a chance to engage with lots of different groups of people across the country and help them understand more about human rights and what they mean. Yesterday, 12 August, we enjoyed delivering a free session with the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland. Other partners we are working with this month include: Down’s Syndrome Scotland All Wales People First You can read more about our work here!   Explainers Read our latest plain language Explainer! This one is all about judicial review – a really powerful legal tool everyday people have to hold the Government and public bodies to account.  If you’re keen to…

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