BIHR News 1. Our Human Rights Workshops This week we delivered a variety of human rights workshops with people, communities and public bodies! Thursday 25th November was Carers’ Rights Day, and we spent an evening with the Parent and Carer Alliance talking about how the Human Rights Act can be an incredibly powerful tool in advocacy to challenge decisions made by public authorities. Through the week we also supported staff working in forensic mental health services in the North East of England, in adult social care teams in Yorkshire, and in inpatient mental health services for children and young people. We asked the last group what human rights action they will take after attended BIHR’s human rights learning programme, and here are a couple of their change commitments… Click here to find out more about our online human rights workshops. 2. Updated Covid-19 Vaccine & Human Rights Guides As governments across the UK continue to make decisions about vaccines, lots …

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