This week's human rights news includes five new laws passed by Parliament, a Human Rights Act event and an in-person BIHR team meeting! News from BIHR We’re holding a free, online event for anyone who wants to learn more about human rights We’re expecting the Government to announce its plans to change our Human Rights Act on Tuesday 10th May 2022. We want everyone to be informed and able to have their say on any proposals, so we’re holding an open access event on Thursday 12th May 2022. The event will be on Zoom and will be free, open to everyone and will explain the law in plain English. We’ll talk about how the Act works now and what resources we’re putting together on Human Rights Act reform. Click here to sign up to the event. We continued our work with the Scottish Recovery Consortium We’ve been working with the Scottish Recovery Consortium to develop and deliver a five-day Rights In Recovery Leadership Programme to advance awareness of...

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