This week, before we close for the holidays, we reflect on some of the BIHR team's highlights of 2024.

This week was Human Rights Day 2024! We marked the occasion with an event in the House of Lords, the launch of four new human rights resources, and an open letter to the Prime Minister signed by 70+ civil society groups from across the UK.

This week’s human rights news includes a new briefing on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the final workshop in our short advocacy programme, and a new research report on children who are deprived of their liberty from the Children’s Commissioner. 

This week’s human rights news includes updates on two of our human rights learning programmes and the publication of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

"Sir Nicolas has set an excellent foundation of the charity, championing our Human Rights Act, one which I intend to continue.”

"we now need commitment to setting a positive agenda for respecting, protecting and fulfilling people's human rights at the highest levels right through to our communities."

This week’s human rights news includes a guest blog on the right to free elections, an in-person workshop focusing on being bold and brave with human rights and where human rights have been in the news.

This week’s human rights news includes our new explainer on the General Election manifestos and what they say about human rights as well as an update on our London Communities programme.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to work with us, an explainer on voter ID and the right to free elections, and a new legal challenge against the Home Office.

Read the report on UK governments’ reactions to Covid-19, featuring evidence from our CEO on the human rights impact of new laws and the way they were implemented.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest SEND focussed blog and information on our upcoming event about supporting community groups to take a human rights based approach.  

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with HOS, our communities programme and Mark's testimony on how important human rights are to him and his son Steven.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with TEWV NHS Foundation Trust and a ruling from the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on religious education and human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with community groups from across the UK and the latest on the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes updates on our free awareness-raising workshops with community organisations, updates on our Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Practice Leads NHS Programme, information on our updated Interim Measures explainer, information from Human Rights Consortium Scotland’s report of conversations with migrants, further updates about the Safety of Rwanda Bill and news of a successful challenge to staff protections against striking in a union in relation to Article 11, HRA. 

This week’s human rights news includes another free awareness-raising workshop with Dudley Voices for Choice, updates on our London Communities Human Rights Programme, a European Court of Human Rights judgement on 3 climate change cases from Portugal, France, and Switzerland, and successful challenge of Home Office decisions on the reunion of families in Gaza.

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR’s work on a new human rights resource as part of our London Communities Human Rights Programme, the successful launch of a free human rights awareness raising workshop for BRIL, updates on the Government's response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' report on the draft Mental Health Bill, and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 coming into force.

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR’s work with the Scottish Recovery Consortium, information about CQC’s launch of their new human rights approach to regulation and news that teenage Scouts in Scotland can now collect a human rights badge.  

This week’s human rights news includes submission of our impact report to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on our trip to the UN, some more work with the University of Essex and an update of where the Government are at with the Rwanda Bill.  

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR giving evidence at the UN, partners selected for our human rights awareness raising workshops and the first ever case looking at the lawfulness of Home Office’s GPS tagging.

Read about our report on people with learning disabilities' experiences of DNARs, commissioned by England's Health Ombudsman as part of its review of end-of-life care.

This week’s human rights news includes our Easy Read guide to the European Convention on Human Rights and an update on the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our new SENDIASS blog series and a new case concerning asylum accommodation.

This week’s human rights news includes an opportunity for community groups to work with us and new draft guidance on visiting rights.

This week’s human rights news includes two opportunities for communities to get involved in and a new case on sentencing for young offenders.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to get involved with our programmes and a new case on freedom of thought.

This week’s human rights news includes our upcoming Human Rights Open Day and a new case on asylum accommodation.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with adult social care and healthcare teams and a new case on the right to clean air.

This week’s human rights news includes updates on our upcoming programmes and Parliamentary scrutiny of the new Rwanda Bill.

Find out about the joint letter co-ordinated by BIHR for Human Rights Day 2023 and hear from CEO Sanchita.

This week’s human rights news includes our workshop for SENDIASS staff and the latest in our Rights in Recovery Leadership Programme.

This week’s human rights news includes a Human Rights Act event and an update on a trade union case.

This week’s human rights news includes our Human Rights Open Day in Shoreditch and an update on the Rwanda case. 

This week’s human rights news includes our Advocacy Awareness Week celebrations and an update on the King’s Speech.

We're thrilled to have won the Best Supporter Award for 2023, having been nominated by three community groups we've worked with.

This week’s human rights news includes registration for free London human rights events, the next one is 15 November in Shoreditch.

This week’s human rights news includes our ongoing work with Lived Experience Experts and an update on a difficult right to life case.

This week’s human rights news includes our response to the consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland and 4in10’s London Challenge Poverty Week.

This week’s human rights news includes our Rights in Recovery Leadership programme and updates on a Covid vaccine case.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO’s speech at the Restraint Reduction Network conference and human rights storytelling in Scotland.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with health and social care staff and an update on a human rights climate change case.

This week’s human rights news includes our new community partners and a report on human rights breaches in an immigration centre.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO speaking at an event in Birmingham and an update on a key right-to-protest case.

This week’s human rights news includes two new BIHR team members and an updated on the controversial Legacy Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes a climate change case before the European Court of Human Rights and an NHS worker who used human rights to support a young person in a mental health tribunal.

This week’s human rights news includes the deadline for two opportunities with BIHR and a letter from Learning Disability England to the Department for Health and Social Care.

This week’s human rights news includes a new opportunity to work with BIHR and a legal challenge against the Home Office being brought by a family with two disabled children.

This week’s human rights news includes a new case going to the European Court of Human Rights and a chance to share your experiences of the pandemic.

This week’s human rights news includes two free online events coming up this month.

This week’s human rights news includes the new Strikes Act and our human rights workshop for advocates.

This week’s human rights news includes the Refugee Ban Bill passing into law.

This week’s updates include the human rights concerns with the Victims and Prisoners Bill and our in-person human rights workshop.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with NHS staff and the Law Society’s statement on the Legacy Bill breaching human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our House of Lords event celebrating one year of our RITES Committee and an update on the Rwanda case.

Read our CEO's statement following the announcement from Justice Secretary Alex Chalk that the UK Government will not proceed with the Rights Removal Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO’s speech at a Learning Disability Week conference and an update on the Council of Europe’s report.

This week’s news includes a new BIHR team member and an update on a sex education case in Wales.

This week’s human rights news includes an update on our letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and a new case on religious education.

This week’s news includes our plans for a Parliamentary event and a new case from the European Court of Human Rights on same-sex relationships.

This week’s human rights news includes our recap of the House of Lords debate on the Refugee Ban Bill and updates from the Council of Europe Summit.

This week’s human rights news includes an update on the Refugee Ban Bill and a report from the Council of Europe. 

This week’s human rights news includes a new team member and an update on the new Public Order Act.

This week’s human rights news includes our evidence submissions on Covid and the Refugee Ban Bill and a challenge to an autism assessment policy.

This week’s news includes our work with Council of Europe and the new Victims and Prisoners Bill. 

This week’s news includes our CEO’s visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and our work with Poverty Action Network.

This week’s news includes updates from our community workshops and a High Court finding that the Justice Secretary breached the right to liberty.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with community partners and a Parliamentary report on the Anti-Strike Bill.

This week’s news includes our summary of the Joint Committee’s report on the Rights Removal Bill and an update on changes to marriage laws.

This week’s news includes an explanation of the human rights issues in Shamima Begum’s citizenship case and our write-up of the recent Justice Questions about the European Convention on Human Rights.

This week’s news includes parents who won their right to family life case and clips from our Human Rights in CAMHS event.

This week’s news includes our launch event for resources for young people accessing mental health services and reports that Conservative MPs want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

This week’s news includes our training with carers and a European Court on Human Rights judgment on applying for a “neutral” birth certificate.

This week's news includes the new annual statistics from the European Court on Human Rights and a preview from our RITES Committee video series.

This week's news includes a look back at our work throughout 2022 and a brief explanation of the human rights issues in the Rwanda case.

This week's news includes reflections on our Human Rights Day event and updates from the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary.

Today, our Deputy Director, Sanchita Hosali, spoke to Bright Blue, an independent think tank for liberal conservatism, about human rights.

This week was Human Rights Day 2024! We marked the occasion with an event in the House of Lords, the launch of four new human rights resources, and an open letter to the Prime Minister signed by 70+ civil society groups from across the UK.

This week’s human rights news includes a new briefing on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the final workshop in our short advocacy programme, and a new research report on children who are deprived of their liberty from the Children’s Commissioner. 

This week’s human rights news includes updates on two of our human rights learning programmes and the publication of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

"we now need commitment to setting a positive agenda for respecting, protecting and fulfilling people's human rights at the highest levels right through to our communities."

This week’s human rights news includes a guest blog on the right to free elections, an in-person workshop focusing on being bold and brave with human rights and where human rights have been in the news.

This week’s human rights news includes our new explainer on the General Election manifestos and what they say about human rights as well as an update on our London Communities programme.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to work with us, an explainer on voter ID and the right to free elections, and a new legal challenge against the Home Office.

Read the report on UK governments’ reactions to Covid-19, featuring evidence from our CEO on the human rights impact of new laws and the way they were implemented.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with TEWV NHS Foundation Trust and a ruling from the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on religious education and human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with community groups from across the UK and the latest on the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes updates on our free awareness-raising workshops with community organisations, updates on our Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Practice Leads NHS Programme, information on our updated Interim Measures explainer, information from Human Rights Consortium Scotland’s report of conversations with migrants, further updates about the Safety of Rwanda Bill and news of a successful challenge to staff protections against striking in a union in relation to Article 11, HRA. 

This week’s human rights news includes another free awareness-raising workshop with Dudley Voices for Choice, updates on our London Communities Human Rights Programme, a European Court of Human Rights judgement on 3 climate change cases from Portugal, France, and Switzerland, and successful challenge of Home Office decisions on the reunion of families in Gaza.

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR’s work on a new human rights resource as part of our London Communities Human Rights Programme, the successful launch of a free human rights awareness raising workshop for BRIL, updates on the Government's response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' report on the draft Mental Health Bill, and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 coming into force.

Read our update of The Safety of Rwanda Bill that has taken place in Parliament.

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR’s work with the Scottish Recovery Consortium, information about CQC’s launch of their new human rights approach to regulation and news that teenage Scouts in Scotland can now collect a human rights badge.  

This week’s human rights news includes submission of our impact report to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on our trip to the UN, some more work with the University of Essex and an update of where the Government are at with the Rwanda Bill.  

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR giving evidence at the UN, partners selected for our human rights awareness raising workshops and the first ever case looking at the lawfulness of Home Office’s GPS tagging.

Read about our report on people with learning disabilities' experiences of DNARs, commissioned by England's Health Ombudsman as part of its review of end-of-life care.

This week’s human rights news includes our Easy Read guide to the European Convention on Human Rights and an update on the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our new SENDIASS blog series and a new case concerning asylum accommodation.

This week’s human rights news includes an opportunity for community groups to work with us and new draft guidance on visiting rights.

This week’s human rights news includes two opportunities for communities to get involved in and a new case on sentencing for young offenders.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to get involved with our programmes and a new case on freedom of thought.

This week’s human rights news includes our upcoming Human Rights Open Day and a new case on asylum accommodation.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with adult social care and healthcare teams and a new case on the right to clean air.

This week’s human rights news includes updates on our upcoming programmes and Parliamentary scrutiny of the new Rwanda Bill.

Find out about the joint letter co-ordinated by BIHR for Human Rights Day 2023 and hear from CEO Sanchita.

This week’s human rights news includes a Human Rights Act event and an update on a trade union case.

This week’s human rights news includes our Human Rights Open Day in Shoreditch and an update on the Rwanda case. 

This week’s human rights news includes our Advocacy Awareness Week celebrations and an update on the King’s Speech.

We're thrilled to have won the Best Supporter Award for 2023, having been nominated by three community groups we've worked with.

This week’s human rights news includes registration for free London human rights events, the next one is 15 November in Shoreditch.

This week’s human rights news includes our ongoing work with Lived Experience Experts and an update on a difficult right to life case.

This week’s human rights news includes our response to the consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland and 4in10’s London Challenge Poverty Week.

This week’s human rights news includes our Rights in Recovery Leadership programme and updates on a Covid vaccine case.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO’s speech at the Restraint Reduction Network conference and human rights storytelling in Scotland.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with health and social care staff and an update on a human rights climate change case.

This week’s human rights news includes our new community partners and a report on human rights breaches in an immigration centre.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO speaking at an event in Birmingham and an update on a key right-to-protest case.

This week’s human rights news includes two new BIHR team members and an updated on the controversial Legacy Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes a climate change case before the European Court of Human Rights and an NHS worker who used human rights to support a young person in a mental health tribunal.

This week’s human rights news includes the deadline for two opportunities with BIHR and a letter from Learning Disability England to the Department for Health and Social Care.

This week’s human rights news includes a new opportunity to work with BIHR and a legal challenge against the Home Office being brought by a family with two disabled children.

This week’s human rights news includes a new case going to the European Court of Human Rights and a chance to share your experiences of the pandemic.

This week’s human rights news includes two free online events coming up this month.

This week’s human rights news includes the new Strikes Act and our human rights workshop for advocates.

This week’s human rights news includes the Refugee Ban Bill passing into law.

This week’s updates include the human rights concerns with the Victims and Prisoners Bill and our in-person human rights workshop.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with NHS staff and the Law Society’s statement on the Legacy Bill breaching human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our House of Lords event celebrating one year of our RITES Committee and an update on the Rwanda case.

Read our CEO's statement following the announcement from Justice Secretary Alex Chalk that the UK Government will not proceed with the Rights Removal Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO’s speech at a Learning Disability Week conference and an update on the Council of Europe’s report.

This week’s news includes a new BIHR team member and an update on a sex education case in Wales.

This week’s human rights news includes an update on our letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and a new case on religious education.

This week’s news includes our plans for a Parliamentary event and a new case from the European Court of Human Rights on same-sex relationships.

This week’s human rights news includes our recap of the House of Lords debate on the Refugee Ban Bill and updates from the Council of Europe Summit.

This week’s human rights news includes an update on the Refugee Ban Bill and a report from the Council of Europe. 

Find out about Dominic Raab's replacement and what this could mean for the Rights Removal Bill and human rights protections in the UK.

This week’s human rights news includes our evidence submissions on Covid and the Refugee Ban Bill and a challenge to an autism assessment policy.

This week’s news includes our work with Council of Europe and the new Victims and Prisoners Bill. 

This week’s news includes our CEO’s visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and our work with Poverty Action Network.

This week’s news includes updates from our community workshops and a High Court finding that the Justice Secretary breached the right to liberty.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with community partners and a Parliamentary report on the Anti-Strike Bill.

This week’s news includes our summary of the Joint Committee’s report on the Rights Removal Bill and an update on changes to marriage laws.

This week’s news includes an explanation of the human rights issues in Shamima Begum’s citizenship case and our write-up of the recent Justice Questions about the European Convention on Human Rights.

This week’s news includes parents who won their right to family life case and clips from our Human Rights in CAMHS event.

This week’s news includes our launch event for resources for young people accessing mental health services and reports that Conservative MPs want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

This week’s news includes our training with carers and a European Court on Human Rights judgment on applying for a “neutral” birth certificate.

This week's news includes the new annual statistics from the European Court on Human Rights and a preview from our RITES Committee video series.

This week's news includes a look back at our work throughout 2022 and a brief explanation of the human rights issues in the Rwanda case.

This week's news includes reflections on our Human Rights Day event and updates from the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary.

This week’s human rights news includes a new briefing on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the final workshop in our short advocacy programme, and a new research report on children who are deprived of their liberty from the Children’s Commissioner. 

This week’s human rights news includes updates on two of our human rights learning programmes and the publication of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our new explainer on the General Election manifestos and what they say about human rights as well as an update on our London Communities programme.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to work with us, an explainer on voter ID and the right to free elections, and a new legal challenge against the Home Office.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with TEWV NHS Foundation Trust and a ruling from the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on religious education and human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with community groups from across the UK and the latest on the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR’s work with the Scottish Recovery Consortium, information about CQC’s launch of their new human rights approach to regulation and news that teenage Scouts in Scotland can now collect a human rights badge.  

This week’s human rights news includes BIHR giving evidence at the UN, partners selected for our human rights awareness raising workshops and the first ever case looking at the lawfulness of Home Office’s GPS tagging.

Read about our report on people with learning disabilities' experiences of DNARs, commissioned by England's Health Ombudsman as part of its review of end-of-life care.

This week’s human rights news includes our Easy Read guide to the European Convention on Human Rights and an update on the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our new SENDIASS blog series and a new case concerning asylum accommodation.

This week’s human rights news includes two opportunities for communities to get involved in and a new case on sentencing for young offenders.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to get involved with our programmes and a new case on freedom of thought.

This week’s human rights news includes our upcoming Human Rights Open Day and a new case on asylum accommodation.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with adult social care and healthcare teams and a new case on the right to clean air.

This week’s human rights news includes a Human Rights Act event and an update on a trade union case.

This week’s human rights news includes our Human Rights Open Day in Shoreditch and an update on the Rwanda case. 

This week’s human rights news includes our Advocacy Awareness Week celebrations and an update on the King’s Speech.

This week’s human rights news includes registration for free London human rights events, the next one is 15 November in Shoreditch.

This week’s human rights news includes our ongoing work with Lived Experience Experts and an update on a difficult right to life case.

This week’s human rights news includes our response to the consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland and 4in10’s London Challenge Poverty Week.

This week’s human rights news includes our Rights in Recovery Leadership programme and updates on a Covid vaccine case.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO’s speech at the Restraint Reduction Network conference and human rights storytelling in Scotland.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO speaking at an event in Birmingham and an update on a key right-to-protest case.

This week’s human rights news includes a climate change case before the European Court of Human Rights and an NHS worker who used human rights to support a young person in a mental health tribunal.

This week’s human rights news includes a new opportunity to work with BIHR and a legal challenge against the Home Office being brought by a family with two disabled children.

This week’s human rights news includes a new case going to the European Court of Human Rights and a chance to share your experiences of the pandemic.

This week’s human rights news includes the Refugee Ban Bill passing into law.

This week’s updates include the human rights concerns with the Victims and Prisoners Bill and our in-person human rights workshop.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with NHS staff and the Law Society’s statement on the Legacy Bill breaching human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our House of Lords event celebrating one year of our RITES Committee and an update on the Rwanda case.

This week’s human rights news includes our evidence submissions on Covid and the Refugee Ban Bill and a challenge to an autism assessment policy.

This week’s news includes our work with Council of Europe and the new Victims and Prisoners Bill. 

This week’s news includes our CEO’s visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and our work with Poverty Action Network.

This week’s news includes updates from our community workshops and a High Court finding that the Justice Secretary breached the right to liberty.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with community partners and a Parliamentary report on the Anti-Strike Bill.

This week’s news includes an explanation of the human rights issues in Shamima Begum’s citizenship case and our write-up of the recent Justice Questions about the European Convention on Human Rights.

This week’s news includes parents who won their right to family life case and clips from our Human Rights in CAMHS event.

This week’s news includes our launch event for resources for young people accessing mental health services and reports that Conservative MPs want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

This week’s news includes our training with carers and a European Court on Human Rights judgment on applying for a “neutral” birth certificate.

This week's news includes a look back at our work throughout 2022 and a brief explanation of the human rights issues in the Rwanda case.

This week's news includes reflections on our Human Rights Day event and updates from the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary.

Ahead of World Children's Day 2022, we share our new Child Rights Impact Assessment tools co-produced with children's charity alliance, Together Scotland.

This week's news includes our Easy Read template letter and our workshops with health and social care partnerships.

This week’s human rights news includes a new briefing on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the final workshop in our short advocacy programme, and a new research report on children who are deprived of their liberty from the Children’s Commissioner. 

This week’s human rights news includes updates on two of our human rights learning programmes and the publication of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our new explainer on the General Election manifestos and what they say about human rights as well as an update on our London Communities programme.

This week’s human rights news includes opportunities to work with us, an explainer on voter ID and the right to free elections, and a new legal challenge against the Home Office.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with TEWV NHS Foundation Trust and a ruling from the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on religious education and human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our latest human rights workshops with community groups from across the UK and the latest on the new Rwanda Bill.

Read our update of The Safety of Rwanda Bill that has taken place in Parliament.

This week’s human rights news includes updates on our upcoming programmes and Parliamentary scrutiny of the new Rwanda Bill.

This week’s human rights news includes our Rights in Recovery Leadership programme and updates on a Covid vaccine case.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO’s speech at the Restraint Reduction Network conference and human rights storytelling in Scotland.

This week’s human rights news includes our new community partners and a report on human rights breaches in an immigration centre.

This week’s human rights news includes our CEO speaking at an event in Birmingham and an update on a key right-to-protest case.

This week’s human rights news includes the new Strikes Act and our human rights workshop for advocates.

This week’s human rights news includes the Refugee Ban Bill passing into law.

This week’s updates include the human rights concerns with the Victims and Prisoners Bill and our in-person human rights workshop.

This week’s human rights news includes our work with NHS staff and the Law Society’s statement on the Legacy Bill breaching human rights.

This week’s human rights news includes our House of Lords event celebrating one year of our RITES Committee and an update on the Rwanda case.

This week’s news includes a new BIHR team member and an update on a sex education case in Wales.

This week’s human rights news includes an update on our letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and a new case on religious education.