Our pick of human rights news stories from the past week. News From BIHR The Other Supreme Court Case: Deprivation of Liberty of 16 and 17 year olds The Supreme Court was all over the news last week after they ruled that Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was unlawful. Two days later the judges were back in court to deliver another important Judgement. In the long anticipated judgement, of D (A Child), Supreme Court ruled that parents cannot consent to living arrangements for a 16 or 17-year-old child which would otherwise amount to a deprivation of liberty. BIHR Blog   The Need for Human Rights in Commissioning A look at why and how Human Rights must be the framework for commissioning. Many recognised our key concern: that human rights is too often only discussed when addressing failures in services, but commissioning from a perspective is all about preventing poor outcomes and focussing on the person. BIHR Blog News from Elsewhere Scotland becomes first co…

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