This week’s human rights news includes an Equality & Human Rights Commission report, an update on the Ockenden review and a new team member! News from BIHR We welcomed our new Human Rights Officer, Lauren! Our team is growing! This week, we welcomed a new Human Rights Officer: Lauren. Lauren has a professional background in casework, housing, and migrant rights as well as human rights law. We’re also still recruiting for a new Admin Assistant to join us part-time! Click here to find out more about the role and apply before 10am on 04 April 2022. We spoke to social care staff in Somerset about human rights in practice On Thursday 31 March 2022, our Assistant Human Rights Officer, Katie met with staff working in adult social care to discuss human rights in practice. They covered the rights to privacy, liberty and to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment as well as freedom from discrimination. Katie finished up with our top tips for embedding a rights-based approach, in…

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