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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 02 January 2022

    This week’s news includes updates from the House of Commons and our Know Your Human Rights challenge.
    News from BIHR

    Next week marks the start of our #KnowYourHumanRights challenge!
    In the lead up to Human Rights Day, our social media challenge invites our online community to better understand how our Human Rights Act works and to share that knowledge with those around them.
    From 5th-11th December, we’re asking you to share something you think people should know about human rights in the UK. Share it on social media, tell a client or co-worker or talk to people in your local community.
    Tag us or tell us how you’re getting involved using #KnowYourHumanRights and @BIHRHumanRights on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
    We’ve put together some example captions and images to get you started in our Social Media Pack.
    Our Head of Policy, Carlyn, joined Anne McLaughlin MP for a Parliamentary drop-in
    On Tuesday 29th November, Scottish National Party Member of Parl…

  • Weekly Human Rights News: 25 November 2022

    News from BIHR We attended Equally Ours’ 20th Anniversary celebration, marking 20 years of promoting inclusivity, human rights and social justice throughout our society. Co-CEO Claire Moody had a timely reminder for us all working in the human rights sphere, “It is not our role to sit in despair. Head in hands. Our point is to stand up, take action and bring people together.” They also launched their 10-year strategy centred on the practical impact that human rights and equality have on social justice. News from elsewhere Please be aware news BIHR shares each week contains difficult and potentially triggering topics. This week includes sectioning, abortion and immigration detention. A woman with Down’s syndrome has lost her appeal over a law that allows abortion up until birth for a foetus with the condition. The Court of Appeal decided the Abortion Act 1967 did not interfere with the rights of living disabled people. This is the latest step in a case brought by Hei…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 18 November 2022

    This week’s news includes updates on our work in Scotland and our new co-developed resources. News from BIHR We were in Scotland this week On Tuesday we delivered a workshop to the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities. The workshop covered how our Human Rights Act works in Scotland and how replacing the Act with the Rights Removal Bill would impact disabled people. We ended with how we can work together to protect our Human Rights Act. This week, we also released our easy read letter to write to your MP. We worked with Sian and Lucy, Pembrokeshire People First members and RITES Committee members, to create this letter and it was checked by the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities. A huge thank you to everyone involved! You can find the letter here Our work with Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnershop On Thursday we delivered the second of our workshops in our anticipatory care planning and human rights programme with Midlothian H…

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  • World Children’s Day: New Child Rights Impact Assessments Tools

    Did you know that Sunday 20th November marks World Children’s Day? This celebrates the anniversary of when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). To mark World Children’s Day 2022, we’re very pleased to present our tools for carrying out Child Rights Impact Assessments, co-designed with Together. Together are an alliance of Scottish children’s charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the UNCRC. Together teamed up with BIHR as part of the “co-design a human rights solution” programme which aims to support community groups and voluntary groups to find human rights “solutions” to problems or issues they face. Together wanted to create a tool to upskill and empower members to conduct Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs). A CRIA involves “examining existing and proposed policies, legislation and changes in administrative services to determi…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 11 November 2022

    This week was Advocacy Awareness Week – a week-long campaign coordinated each year by the National Development Team for Inclusion. This year, we were proud to be supporting them as the theme focused on our Human Rights Act and spotlighted some key rights that advocates can use to get better outcomes for the people they support. It ran from 7th – 11th November 2022 and each day spotlighted a different right from our Human Rights Act. Monday 7th November: Right to life (Article 2) Tuesday 8th November: Right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3) Wednesday 9th November: Right to liberty (Article 5) Thursday 10th November Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8) Friday 11th November: Right to be free from discrimination (Article 14) We shared stories of each right in action on our social media Each day, we shared videos depicting real-life stories of our Human Rights Act in action. Each vi…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 14 November 2022

    This week was Advocacy Awareness Week – a week-long campaign coordinated each year by the National Development Team for Inclusion. This year, we were proud to be supporting them as the theme focused on our Human Rights Act and spotlighted some key rights that advocates can use to get better outcomes for the people they support. It ran from 7th – 11th November 2022 and each day spotlighted a different right from our Human Rights Act. Monday 7th November: Right to life (Article 2) Tuesday 8th November: Right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3) Wednesday 9th November: Right to liberty (Article 5) Thursday 10th November Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8) Friday 11th November: Right to be free from discrimination (Article 14) We shared stories of each right in action on our social media Each day, we shared videos depicting real-life stories of our Human Rights Act in action. Each vi…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 04 November 2022

    This week’s human rights news includes updates from European Court on Human Rights.
    News from BIHR
    We joined Lived Experience Experts to talk to NHS staff about rights-respecting care
    We’re running a programme with NHS staff working in Children & Young People’s Inpatient Mental Health Services. It focuses on building staff knowledge and capacity to positively and proactively uphold human rights when supporting children and young people with mental health issues. The programme is designed and delivered with Lived Experience Experts to ensure that the experiences of young people and their families is at the heart of it.
    On Tuesday 1st November, we ran two sessions where staff had the opportunity to discuss their own experiences of supporting young people and consider how they can use the Human Rights Act as a tool in their practice.

    We met with our RITES Committee to talk about our next steps
    Our RITES Committee (standing for real-life insights, tips, experience…

  • Advocacy Awareness Week 2022

    Advocacy Awareness Week 2022 is a week-long campaign coordinated each year by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi). This year, we’re proud to be supporting them as the theme focuses on our Human Rights Act and spotlights some key rights that advocates can use to get better outcomes for the people they support. It runs from 7th – 11th November 2022 and each day will spotlight a different right from our Human Rights Act: Monday 7th November: Right to life (Article 2) Tuesday 8th November: Right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3) Wednesday 9th November: Right to liberty (Article 5) Thursday 10th November Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8) Friday 11th November: Right to be free from discrimination (Article 14) Hear from our Senior Human Rights Officer and former Advocate, Katrin, on how advocates can use the Human Rights Act in their work: YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSyD…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 28 October 2022

    This week’s news includes the Human Rights Act reform debate in Parliament and a new member of our team. News from BIHR We welcomed a new Human Rights Officer! We welcomed our new Human Rights Officer, Phoebe. Phoebe brings experience working in the third and public sector and experience working with families in the SEND community, informing parents and young people of their rights and the legal process to enforce them. Hear from Phoebe on why she’s excited to join BIHR below: YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJH1FhTP4u8 NHS staff told us how they’ve used our training to challenge unfair policies We talked to staff working in Children and Young People’s Mental Health Inpatient Services (CAMHS) about using our Human Rights Act to make rights-respecting decisions and achieve better outcomes for residents. Participants told us that they’d used knowledge gained from previous BIHR workshops to challenge a ban on personal items that has now been r…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 21 October 2022

    This week’s news includes our new template letter to write to your MP and a guest blog from Runnymede Trust. News from BIHR We’ve created an easy way for you to ask your MP to protect our Human Rights Act. Although the Rights Removal Bill has currently been paused, it does not mean our Human Rights Act is safe. Our rights are still at risk. The UK is currently facing a cost of living crisis and increasing inequality. Although there is currently a lot going on in Parliament, it is more important than ever that the Government is not allowed to weaken the important protections offered by our Human Rights Act. We need to continue raising awareness of the importance of our Human Rights Act, and of the on-going risks to our human rights protections. We have created a new template letter that can be used to write to your MP in minutes to urge them to protect our Human Rights Act. Click here to write to your MP using our template letter.   We shared a blog from Runny…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 14 October 2022

    This week’s news includes an explanation of the recent Northern Irish case that found automatic British citizenship doesn’t breach human rights. News from BIHR We joined Difference NE to talk human rights and disability On Tuesday 11th October 2022, our CEO, Sanchita, spoke at Difference NE’s event, “Human Rights and Disability- ‘Whose Rights Are They Anyway?’”. The event looked at how we can use our Human Rights Act to make social change for disabled people and how to use rights-based approaches to make work as impactful as possible. Sanchita was joined by fellow speaker Helen Flynn, Head of Policy, Research and Campaigns at Just Fair. Read more about the event. We talked to staff in Sheffield about human rights in health and social care On Wednesday 12th October 2022, we met with senior health and social care staff in Sheffield as part of our Practice Leads workshops. They’re undertaking 30 hours of intensive learning support, aiming to raise…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 07 October 2022

    This week’s news includes an update on the Rights Removal Bill and a new video explaining parliamentary sovereignty. News from BIHR We shared an update on the Rights Removal Bill On Thursday 6th October 2022, our Parliamentary & Policy Assistant published an update exploring what has happened since the Rights Removal Bill was introduced, drawing on intel from the Conservative Party Conference in predicting what might happen now the Bill has been “shelved”, and setting out what steps we must now take in order to prepare for, and prevent, future attacks by the UK Government on our Human Rights Act. Read our Rights Removal Bill update. We submitted evidence for a report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights We highlighted the threat that the Rights Removal Bill poses to important rights like the rights to work, standard of living and education in a recent submission to Just Fair. Just Fair is coordinating a report to the UN Commit…

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  • Weekly News: 30 September 2022

    This week, we said goodbye to our Human Rights Officer, Annie!  On Friday, we said goodbye to our Human Rights Officer, Annie. From weekly workshops to campaigning against the Rights Removal Bill to creating our Easy Read human rights postcards with our community partners, Annie has had an incredible impact on BIHR and all the people we work with. While she’ll be sorely missed at BIHR, we know she’ll continue to do great things in her new role in adult social care.  In this week’s news, we’re highlighting some of the many things Annie has done in her final week alone, which reflects the great and varied work she and our Human Rights Officers do every day.    Empowering Health & Social Care staff to make rights-respecting decisions  On Thursday, Annie met with staff at Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust to talk about human rights in practice. This programme has been running since September 2021 with the aim of…

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  • Human Rights Weekly News: 23 September 2022

    This week’s news includes impact reports and a new blog on Why Our Human Rights Act Matters.    News from BIHR  We talked to healthcare staff about human rights in practice  On Thursday 22nd September, our Head of Policy, Carlyn, and Human Rights Officer, Lauren, went to Preston to talk to health care staff about how to put human rights at the centre of everything they do.   Read more about our work with Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Trust here.  We spoke to lawyers about the Rights Removal Bill  On Thursday 22nd September, our CEO Sanchita went to Birmingham to talk to Irwin Mitchell about the Rights Removal Bill and what we might see next. She covered the history of human rights in the UK and why it’s important not to be complacent while the Bill is paused.  Read more about the Rights Removal Bill being paused here.    Tom from Scottish Recovery Consortium told us Why Our Human Rights Act Matters to peop…

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  • Human Rights Weekly News: 16 September 2022

    This week’s human rights news includes our work with Swansea Council and information on the right to protest. News from BIHR We welcomed a new member to our team! This week, we welcomed our new Parliamentary & Policy Assistant, Louise. Louise recently completed a two month fellowship at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, which was funded by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. At the Bingham Centre she worked with the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, and on the Bill of Rights Bill. Louise is Research Officer of Oxford Pro Bono Publico, and host of the Oxford Human Rights Hub podcast, RightsUp. Over the coming months Louise will also be working part time at a data protection consultancy firm, and preparing to apply for pupillage in 2023. We’re also looking for a new Human Rights Officer to join our team. Click here for more information on the Human Rights Officer Role. We led a workshop on Article 8 with staff at Somerset Cou…

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  • Easy Read News: The Government has paused the Rights Removal Bill

    On the 9th of September 2022, the UK Government decided to stop Parliament from making any decisions about the Rights Removal Bill for now. Click here to read our Easy Read news explaining what has happened. Click here for our Easy Read guide to the Rights Removal Bill.

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  • Human Rights Weekly News: 09 September 2022

    This week’s news includes an update on the Rights Removal Bill being shelved following the introduction of the new Prime Minister. News from BIHR We spoke at a Disability Rights drop-in session We joined Inclusion London, Liberty, Disability Rights UK and Lived Experience Expert Charli Clement to talk about the impact of the Rights Removal Bill on disabled people. Our Human Rights Officer Annie talked about how our Human Rights Act works now and why it’s so important. Read our live tweets from the drop-in. We sent a joint briefing to MPs urging them to protect our Human Rights Act We co-wrote a joint briefing to MPs on the Rights Removal Bill. The briefing was signed by 123 social justice groups, charities and campaign organisations, united in calling for the Rights Removal Bill to be withdrawn and our Human Rights Act to be retained. Read the briefing here.   We delivered human rights training to NHS staff in Lancashire BIHR are delivering a human r…

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  • What does it mean if the Government shelves the Rights Removal Bill?

    This news story was updated on 9th September 2022 following confirmation from the Government that the Rights Removal Bill has been shelved. Today (7th September 2022), news outlets have been reporting that the UK Government will “shelve” plans for the Rights Removal Bill. You can read our CEO’s statement on this here. You can read our Easy Read news story about this here. What does it mean when a Bill is “shelved”? It means that the Government has decided not to proceed with the Bill – either for now or permanently. It doesn’t mean the Bill definitely won’t go ahead because the Government could simply put it off temporarily and pick it up again later. It could also mean that different aspects of the Bill could be made into separate proposals and introduced into parliament again, seeking to make lots of changes across a number of Bills. What would this mean for the Rights Removal Bill? The Rights Removal Bill was due to have its Second Rea…

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  • BIHR Responds: Shelving the Rights Removal Bill

    It is being reported that the Government has shelved its unprincipled, unevidenced, and unworkable Rights Removal Bill, which would see our Human Rights Act scrapped and replaced by a law which favours the Government over people, reduces our protections, and the ability to hold power to account in the UK. If, indeed, the Bill is being shelved, this is welcome news. Not least to the thousands of people across the UK that we support at BIHR, the individuals, community groups, public service workers, and campaigners who have joined with us to speak up for our Human Rights Act and resist the Government’s Rights Removal Bill. So much work has gone into mobilizing support for our protection, without the resources needed but what we have seen is the bravery and commitment of so many to safeguard our human rights protections for everyone. And in particular for BIHR, the work of all those with lived experience who have joined us on this journey and stood firm. Yes, this is good news…

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  • Saba Salman: How the Human Rights Act Helps Disabled People Live the Lives they Want

    In a recent article, Saba Salman reported on concerns that the Government’s Rights Removal Bill will leave disabled people in vulnerable positions, without the support and opportunities they require to lead fulfilling lives. The article features the stories of disabled people and their families who have relied on the Human Rights Act to help them lived dignified equal lives. The stories include which BIHR has been amplifying: The British Institute of Human Rights has highlighted how a parent used the Human Rights Act to challenge mental health hospitals over the treatment of her autistic son. The teenager was held in institutions between the ages of 14 and 18, handcuffed, transported in a cage and locked in a seclusion cell. The parent successfully argued for his discharge using sections of the Human Rights Act relating to the need to protect people from inhuman and degrading treatment and respecting people’s private and family life. She challenged …

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  • Human Rights Weekly News: 02 September 2022

    This week’s news includes a new job opportunity with us and a report on the medical impact of the Rwanda policy. News from BIHR We’re looking for a new Human Rights Officer! BIHR’s Human Rights Officers are an integral part of the team, enabling change through human rights by working with People, Communities, and Systems, taking what we learn from this to influence law and policy. A passion for human rights in the UK is a must. A commitment to ensuring the best possible practical use of domestic standards outside the courts is essential. The HRO is a very varied and exciting role for someone with solid knowledge of the Human Rights Act and experience of working directly with people and policy makers to achieve change. Visit our Staff Pages to watch videos from our current Human Rights Officers for an insight into this role. Click here for more information and to apply to join our team.   We shared our briefing on the Rights Removal Bill and positive ob…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 26 August 2022

    This week’s news includes a new guest blog on Why Our Human Rights Act Matters and guides to what the Rights Removal Bill means for different groups.
    News from BIHR
    CPAG explained Why Our Human Rights Act Matters to Children and Families
    Bea Pitel, Campaigns Officer at Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), wrote a guest blog telling us why our Human Rights Act matters to children and families and shared her concerns about the Rights Removal Bill.
    Bea talked about CPAG’s experience of helping a dad who was refused bereavement support payments after his long-term partner and the mother of his children died because they weren’t married or in a civil partnership. CPAG used our Human Rights Act to challenge the decision and won – but said, “had the Rights Removal Bill been in place, it’s likely we wouldn’t have won this case.”
    Click here to read Bea’s full blog on Why Our Human Rights Act Matters.

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 19 August 2022

    This week’s news includes a new guide for staff working in public bodies and a call for evidence from Just Fair. News from BIHR We created a new guide to the Rights Removal Bill for staff in public bodies We think it’s really important for public body staff to speak up and share the stories of why our Human Rights Act matters. That’s why we’ve created our short guide which sets out all of the different ways in which this Rights Removal Bill will impact their work, the risks, and the dangers. But it also shares the positive stories of how the Human Rights Act has helped so far, helping us to understand what is at stake and sharing the voices of the staff that we work with every day, in terms of why what is being presented by the Rights Removal Bill is such a concern we need to speak up. Our short guide ends with some key actions that you can take whether you’ve got 5 minutes, 2 hours, or a day to make sure that your voice is heard in this debate. Click here to get …

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 12 August 2022

    This week’s news includes an opportunity to join the BIHR team and our latest vlog.
    News from BIHR
    We’re hiring a Parliamentary and Policy Assistant
    We’re looking for someone to:

    Support BIHR’s parliamentary, policy and public affairs work to secure our Human Rights Act and resist the Bill of Rights Bill (better known as the Rights Removal Bill). 
    Conduct initial research and support the drafting of briefings on the Human Rights Act and Rights Removal Bill. 
    Proactively manage BIHR’s diary and engagements with parliamentarians and government officials, including setting up meetings, minutes and follow up actions. 
    Support and represent BIHR at meetings with other civil society groups working to secure the Human Rights Act. 
    Provide general support across BIHR’s human rights policy and practice work as needed, supporting HROs and the Research and Comms Associate. 

    You can download the Job Description and Person Specific…

  • Human Rights Weekly News: 29 July 2022

    This week’s news includes our vlog on writing to your MP and an update in the Archie Battersbee case.
    News from BIHR
    We vlogged about our new template letters to help you write to your MP
    On 22nd June 2022, the Government published its Rights Removal Bill, which represents the latest step in plans to reduce their responsibilities to uphold the human rights protections people rely on every day across the UK. We’ve created updated template letters that you can use to contact your MP and share your concerns.
    Human Rights Officer Lauren talked about contacting her MP and why it’s so important that those in Parliament know about our concerns.
    Use our template letter to write to your MP.
    Click here for regular vlog updates on our work on the Rights Removal Bill.
    YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJDy5-4u1JI
    We met with MPs Martyn Day and Marion Fellows to talk about the Rights Removal Bill
    On Wednesday 27th July, Head of Policy Carlyn met with Marion Fellows…

  • Human Rights Weekly News: 20 July 2022

    This week’s news includes our new Easy Read guide to the Rights Removal Bill, our meetings with MPs and parliamentarians and a new Home Affairs Select Committee report into migration and asylum. News from BIHR We worked with Pembrokeshire People First on our Easy Read guide to the Rights Removal Bill In this guide, we talk about the Government’s plan to replace the Human Rights Act and how these changes could affect us all. The guide was checked by advocates from Pembrokeshire People First – a campaigning group run by & for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Click here to read the full guide. We’ve put together a RITES Committee of experts-by-experience Every day we hear stories of people whose lives were changed by our #HumanRightsAct. It’s important everyone else hears those stories too. We’ve set up the RITES Committee: experts-by-experience helping us campaign against the Rights Removal Bill. So far, the experts from our co…

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  • JCHR Report: Protecting Human Rights in Care Settings

    22 July 2022 Today, Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published a report following its inquiry into protecting human rights in care settings in England. The report highlights multiple concerns on how the rights of residents in care settings and their loved ones have been, and continue to be, risked, and makes recommendations to Government on how these issues should be addressed. The inquiry consisted of a call for written evidence, online survey, and five oral evidence sessions attended by panels of experts, including BIHR’s CEO Sanchita Hosali on 9th March 2022. Click here to read JCHR’s report. Click here to read the Easy Read version of the report. What did the JCHR find out? The JCHR pointed out the importance of adequate human rights training in care settings to make sure that staff meet their legal duty under the Human Rights Act to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. However, it noted that widespread human rights training is…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 15 July 2022

    News from BIHR Our briefing for the JCHR: Standing firm on our Human Rights Act and rejecting the new Rights Removal Bill This week we sent a briefing to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, making the case for keeping our Human Rights Act and sharing our concerns about the Government’s new “bill of rights” Bill, better known as a Rights Removal Bill. The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a group of cross-party MPs and Peers responsible for examining matters relating to human rights in the UK. Our briefing gives information about how our Human Rights Act currently works in practice with real life examples from BIHR’s work, sets out 10 key concerns about how the Rights Removal Bill would weaken human rights protections in the UK, and suggests questions to pose to the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, when he eventually faces the Committee to answer questions about his Bill. BIHR’s work was mentioned in the House of Lords’ debate on the practical impact of the Human Rights A…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 08 July 2022

    We’re continuing to create new resources and information to help you stand up for our Human Rights Act. Our meeting with the Commissioner for Human Rights On 30th June, our Head of Policy, Carlyn, met with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic. The Commissioner is creating a report on human rights in the UK and Carlyn shared with her our concerns about the Rights Removal Bill. Watch Carlyn’s video on her meeting with the Commissioner: YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHoHcgAKsiU You can read the Council of Europe’s press release here, saying that the United Kingdom “backsliding on human rights must be prevented”. You can also read an article in the Guardian about the Commissioner’s concerns here. Our Need to Know guide to jury trials The Government says its Rights Removal Bill will “recognise that trial by jury is a fundamental component of fair trials in the UK.” Article 6 of our Human Rights Act prote…

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  • Weekly Human Rights News: 01 July 2022

    This week’s human rights news continues with new information and resources to help you respond to and take action to oppose the Rights Removal Bill. On 22nd June 2022, the Government published a new Bill that would get rid of our Human Rights Act. We’re calling this a Rights Removal Bill because rather than introducing new rights, it merely removes access to the ones we already have and removes the Government’s responsibility to uphold our rights. We’re creating plain-English guides to some of our key concerns. Each one focuses on an important change being made by the Bill and what that could mean for all of us. This week, we published our guides on how the Bill: limits access to justice by creating a new permission stage for court cases reduces the important principle of proportionality Keep an eye on our Rights Removal Bill hub for more Need to Know guides coming soon. We also updated some of our full-length briefings on key issues with the Government’s…

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