News from BIHR Blog! Read our latest blog! In this one, our Director Sanchita provides commentary on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) latest report – the final report on their review into the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation for Autistic people and people with learning disabilities and/or mental health conditions. Sanchita urges us to see the use of restraint as a human rights issue and calls for staff to be better trained and supported to use human rights in their work. What’s more, Sanchita reminds us that commissioners themselves are key for accountability in the care sector. Commissioners must start from the basis that their job is to ensure respect and protection of people’s human rights. Read Sanchita’s blog here! Explainers During the pandemic, we’ve been working hard to translate the huge amount of new law which has been passed into plain language Explainers which explain the law across the UK and how it impacts human rights. You...

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