News from BIHR Our new staff! This week we welcomed a brand new staff member to the team. Katrina is our new Human Rights Officer, and will join Eilidh in delivering our human rights sessions to lots of different groups. Find out more about Katrina and the rest of our staff team here! Our Human Rights Sessions October has been very busy indeed with lots of human rights sessions, delivered to Local Councils or in partnership with other organisations. We really enjoy delivering human rights sessions 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. This week we’ve had a great time working with local authority health and care teams and community groups across the country. On Monday, our Human Rights Officer Eilidh was (virtually!) in the North East of England delivering a session on human rights in inpatient mental health services for adult & older persons. On Wednesday, Ei...

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