🧑‍🤝‍🧑 We were commissioned by Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to carry out research with people with learning disabilities on their experiences of Do Not Resuscitate orders.

📝 Read our full report: buff.ly/3PlLrWZ

📽️ Watch the video version: buff.ly/3Vbzrv5

Have you seen this week's human rights news? Find out the latest human rights updates from across the UK and see what BIHR has been working on.

📰 Includes a ruling from the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on religious education and human rights.

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🗞️ Today is #WorldPressFreedomDay !

🗣️ In their guest blog, journalists Natasha Hirst and Chris Frost talk about freedom of expression, SLAPPS, and Why Our Human Rights Act Matters to them: buff.ly/3y8NCr2

🔎 Together with Baring Foundation and Just Fair, we're looking for a Learning Partner to help us evaluate our four-year project supporting London communities to use human rights in their work.

📆 Deadline to apply is 20th May

🔗 Find out more and tender: buff.ly/3J1u4aD

📆 Did you know today is #InternationalWorkersDay ?

👩‍⚖️ Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled on human rights protections for workers taking strike action: buff.ly/3JFmenb

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Find out about the right to assembly and association: buff.ly/3tlbCFF

📆 Today, we're continuing our programme staff working in community mental health services in Northeast England.

🔎 We'll be looking at key rights such as the right to private and family life and the right to be free from discrimination.

🔎 Have you read our Why Our Human Rights Act Matters blog series?

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Hear from social workers, journalists, ex-patients and more on why the Human Rights Act matters to them: buff.ly/3QfzylZ

✉️ Want to write a blog? Email us on [email protected]!

'while welcoming the decision to abandon the reform of the Human Rights Act...the Committee is concerned similar efforts have been pursued through other legislation.'

Read the United Nations Human Rights Council's concerns about human rights in the UK & hear what BIHR told them: buff.ly/48UboUM

Have you seen this week's human rights news?

Find out the latest human rights updates from across the UK and see what BIHR has been working on: buff.ly/40x67zx

🗣️ 'The path of carving out exceptions to human rights protections here in the UK is nothing to celebrate, and has a destination which should scare us all.'

🔗 Read our CEO's statement on the new Rwanda Act becoming law: buff.ly/3Qih8Bd

🎉 We've just finished our series of 15 free human rights workshops!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 We worked with communities from across the UK from recovery groups to young people's orgs to refugee support services to community centres.

🙌 Stay tuned for the next phase of our community programme!

📆 This afternoon, Human Rights Officer and former SENDIASS advisor Phoebe is running a workshop for AYPH charity.

🏥 They'll be looking at how the Human Rights Act can be used to advocate for young people and support improved health and wellbeing.

Today, social worker & Senior Human Rights Officer Annie is running a human rights workshop with Supported Loving.

They'll look at how the Human Rights Act can be used to support people with a learning disability & autistic people to enjoy love, romance and sexual relationships.

This afternoon, we're with Rochdale Women's Welfare Association building staff confidence to use our Human Rights Act in advocacy.

They’re looking at how the law can help ensure women dealing with intersecting challenges related to domestic abuse are treated with dignity & respect.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Today, our Senior Human Rights Officer and former advocate for survivors of trafficking Charlotte is meeting Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support to talk about human rights in action.

ℹ️ Find out more about our free human rights workshops for community groups: buff.ly/3hzSPQT

🏠 Today, we're continuing our workshops with the Housing Ombudsman looking at how human rights can be used in housing regulation.

🔎 Read more about the programme: buff.ly/4906lC0

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Today, we're continuing our human rights workshops with Families for Justice & Allies for Justice 🧡 - campaign groups for people with lived experience of the UK’s asylum system, immigration detention and deportation system.

🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/3hzSPQT

🗣️ 100% of staff on our Scottish Recovery Consortium programme said they would recommend the sessions to colleagues.

⤵️ Find out why in this video featuring participants: buff.ly/3UaMXhG

ℹ️ Find out about training for your org: buff.ly/3O5uLCO

We've got two exciting updates from our London Communities programme!

1️⃣ Our new resource shares Londoners' experiences of human rights in action: buff.ly/3vEwhWi

2️⃣ We're looking for a Learning Partner to work with us over the next four years: buff.ly/3J1u4aD

A BIG thank you to The British Institute of Human Rights for delivering an excellent workshop to the TM Team and our Community Advocates today.
Lots more to come...