30 October 2017 Today, BIHR joined many others with Young Minds to raise our concerns about the use of restraint on young people in mental health care services. Restraint can risk young people’s most basic human rights, rights to liberty and to not be treated inhumanely or in a degrading way (both protected by the Human Rights Act). These rights are vital when young people are placed in the vulnerable position of being in inpatient mental health care. This is why BIHR has joined others in publishing a letter in today’s Times Newspaper, supporting a new Bill which would lead to greater accountability for young people. You can read the letter behind The Times paywall here, and the accompanying article in the newspaper here (a full copy of the letter also appears below).  We are calling on MPs to support the second reading of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill on Friday (3rd Nov). YoungMinds have created an e-action, as part of the Always campaign with the…

This post was originally published on British Institute of Human Rights News .