Asmerom Woldegebriel from Centrepoint takes a closer look at the value of human rights and the Human Rights Act to their work, as part of BIHR’s March for Human Rights campaign. Read more
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Aidan Shipman of Jewish human rights organisation René Cassin reflects on where our modern human rights protections come from, and what the future of human rights in the UK may hold... Read more
We look at the human rights implications of the abuse of teenagers at G4S Medway, as revealed by BBC Panorama earlier this week Read more
The State of Care Report 2013 - 2014 released this week by the Care Quality Commission has a lot to say about how rights are protected in health and social care. Most importantly, it issues a challenge to both care providers and care receivers - be proactive about care standards. Read about how human rights has an important role to play. Read more
The place for news and views from BIHR (and some guest bloggers), amplifying often unheard stories that should be part of our debates about the value of the Human Rights Act and human rights in the UK.
Please note views expressed in this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of BIHR.
Carolyne Willow, director of children’s rights charity Article 39, blogs about the use of pain-inducing restraint on children and their work to challenge the practice.Read more
In the news: human rights & nursing homesRead more
BLOG: Human rights: empowering people with learning disabilities and/or autismRead more
Last week was Carers Week, find out why human rights are important for carersRead more
As part of March for Human Rights, Liz Sayce, Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK, marks the UK government’s signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which took place ten years ago.Read more
As part of March for Human Rights, Heidi Chan from the York Human Rights City Network blogs about how York will soon become the UK's first human rights city.Read more
Natasha writes about a Tour day in March for Rights 2017Read more
Shelly Turton, Development Advocate at Pembrokeshire People First, blogs about the importance – and usefulness – of the Human Rights Act to their work, as part of BIHR’s March for Human Rights campaign.Read more
Today, on World Social Work Day, BIHR shares how our Human Rights Act is supporting social work practitioners to reflect, challenge and change their decisions and services, delivering the best for the people they work with:Read more
Three years since the Cheshire West judgement, BIHR looks at the importance of this case for protecting people's right to liberty in health and care settings.Read more
Asmerom Woldegebriel from Centrepoint takes a closer look at the value of human rights and the Human Rights Act to their work, as part of BIHR’s March for Human Rights campaign.Read more
Sanchita Hosali reflects on International Women's Day 2017 and considers the importance of remembering that women's rights are human rightsRead more
Stephen Bowen launches BIHR's March for Human Rights campaignRead more
The Children and Social Work Bill, currently making its way through Parliament, presents a real risk to children’s rights by changing the legal basis of children’s social care.Read more
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NEW DEADLINE: Wed 6 July 2016 to share your evidence on human rights in Great Britain for our report to the United NationsRead more
Connor Sparrowhawk: Southern Health accepts responsibility for his deathRead more
After an inquest jury found that those who died at Hillsborough stadium in 1989 were unlawfully killed, Anna Morris, one of the lawyers representing their families, looks back at the longest jury case in English legal history and reflects on the role the Human Rights Act had to play.Read more
This International Women's Day Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters tells us why our Human Rights Act matters for women here in the UKRead more
This Valentine's Day, Tom Morrison of LGBT equality charity Stonewall explains why we should love our Human Rights Act...Read more
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Aidan Shipman of Jewish human rights organisation René Cassin reflects on where our modern human rights protections come from, and what the future of human rights in the UK may hold...Read more
We look at the human rights implications of the abuse of teenagers at G4S Medway, as revealed by BBC Panorama earlier this weekRead more
The Human Rights Act has empowered two carers and a disabled grandmother to successfully challenge the discriminatory impact of a government policy which sees the benefit cap applied to people delivering care to a family member for 35 hours or more.Read more
Here at BIHR we held an action-packed programme of events to celebrate global Human Rights Day, including celebrations in the Houses of Parliament. Read our reflections on the event here...Read more
This Human Rights Day, we at BIHR and the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, co-hosted a discussion on human rights protections in the UK, Europe and beyond. You can read some key reflections from the day here...Read more
The theme of this year's Human Rights Day on 10 December was “Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always.” Find out how we celebrated here at BIHR...Read more
Patricia Murphy, CBT Therapist and Associate Editor of BABCP's official magazine CBT Today, recently attended a BIHR training session for third sector professionals on mental health and human rights. In this blog, reposted from CBT Today, she reflects on BIHR's work to highlight why paying attention to human rights should matter to clinicians.Read more
Today BIHR joined our sister human rights groups Liberty and Amnesty International UK in issuing a statement raising our concerns about the Government’s current Trade Union Bill. Find out whyRead more
Urban legends and reality - human rights and wanted postersRead more
How the Human Rights Act protects what makes each of us as an individual.Read more
A recent CQC inspection which found that a care home was not respecting the rights of its residents shows why the Human Rights Act matters to us all.Read more
Rebecca Carr reports on human rights stall at local festival, supported by BIHRRead more
Helen Wildbore responds to Harriet Harman's speech on the Human Rights ActRead more
On 26 May BIHR held a Human Rights Act Bootcamp. Guest blogger Richard Turner wrote up what he thought of the event, and how it applies to us all.Read more
The Human Rights Act is the only way that victims of crime can hold the police to account for failings. The case of Laura, a seventeen year old who was arrested after she reported that she had been raped, shows how it works in real life.Read more