Midwifery and Human Rights: A Practitioner's Guide

This Guide has been developed to support midwives to deliver maternity services that respect human rights by providing accessible information about human rights and how they are relevant in a maternity context.

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Civil society letter on UPR recommendations 21 Sept 2017
Civil society: concerns about UK's lack of support for human rights recommendations

Civil society: concerns about UK's lack of support for human rights recommendations
BIHR on UK refusal to back 100+ UN human rights targets

BIHR on UK refusal to back 100+ UN human rights targets
The role of human rights in improving mental health and mental capacity services.

BIHR blogs for NHS Improvement: The role of human rights in improving learning disability services.

Learning Disability, Autism and Human Rights

An accessible booklet aimed at people with learning disability and/or autism
Out now, our new advocacy toolkit: Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Human Rights

Out now, our new advocacy toolkit: Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Human Rights
End of Life Care and Human Rights: A Practitioner's Guide

This Guide has been developed to support those working in end of life care deliver care services that respect human rights.
Nursing and Human Rights: A Practitioner's Guide

This Guide has been developed support nurses to deliver health services that respect human rights.
Getting with the Act: Our Human Rights Act

Check out our eBook, a whistle stop tour of the Human Rights Act.
Human Writes, issue 1

The Special Anniversary edition of our newspaper – Human Writes.
Guide to Using International Human Rights

A voluntary and community sector guide for using international human rights
Your Human Rights: A Guide for Older People

Find out how human rights are relevant for older people
Right Here Right Now

A guide for teaching Citizenship through human rights
A Pocket Guide for Carers

Find out how the Human Rights Act is relevant to carers and the people they care for.

My Human Rights

Find out what human rights are all about, including five key things everyone should know about their human rights.
The Human Rights Act

Find out about our law here at home, the Human Rights Act, and how it protects us all.
Volunteer and Fundraise

volunteering opportunities
The European Convention on Human Rights

Find out about the European Convention on Human Rights and what it means for you.
A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy

Care and Support: A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy
Midwifery and Human Rights: A Practitioner's Guide

This Guide has been developed to support midwives to deliver maternity services that respect human rights.
I Need Help
Our People: an overview
Out now, our new advocacy toolkit: Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Human Rights

Out now, our new advocacy toolkit: Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Human Rights
The history of human rights

Human Rights through the Ages premiered at our Human Rights Tour 2012. It highlights a handful of historical events that have contributed to our modern understanding of human rights, with a bit of tongue in cheek media commentary thrown in. It has proved extremely popular, have a watch and see what you think!