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BIHR is working to ensure human rights protections in home care

26 January 2012

Learn about BIHR's work calling on parliamentarians to support an amendment the Health and Social Care Bill to make it clear that Human Rights Act 1998 extends its protections to publicly-funded health and home care services commissioned from the private and voluntary and charity sectors.
 

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Exciting Policy and Political Affairs Internship at BIHR!

23 January 2012

Are you interested in human rights in the UK and looking for a volunteer role in policy and political affairs? Check out BIHR’s latest internship opportunity.

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New tool for analysing human rights in Britain

12 January 2012

BIHR co-authors, with LSE, ground-breaking human rights tool for assessing progress towards human rights in Britain. The human rights measurement framework provides a rich evidence base to monitor compliance with human rights.

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Putting Human Rights at the heart of nutrition and hydration - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board article

19 January 2012

Read about the work of one of the pilots from BIHR's Human Rights in Healthcare Project.

From the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board page:

'The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is leading the way in the U.K. when it comes to putting Human Rights at the heart of nutrition and hydration. The Health Board is one of four pilot sites in the UK that are taking part in the Human Rights in Healthcare Programme. This Department of Health initiative aims to make sure that NHS organisations are following the core human rights principles (fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy).'

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NGOs standing together for the Human Rights Act on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2011

10 December 2011

BIHR has brought together a group of leading organisations representing many sectors of civil society to call on political party leaders to protect the Human Rights Act.

In an open letter to the political party leaders, to mark international Human Rights Day on10 December, 43 organisations have collectively come together to speak with one voice to express disappointment that the Human Rights Act is all too often vilified, and to call for leadership from our political leaders on the Human Rights Act.

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