Here at BIHR, we work to enable change through human rights by supporting people and organisations to use human rights advocacy and approaches in their everyday life to achieve positive social change.
We aim for the lightbulb moments - when people make the connection between human rights and the work they do every day.
We move human rights from the law books to everyday life, using real examples and a practical human rights-based approach.
Our impact over the last year
800+
We trained 800+ staff across care, housing and health on their Human Rights Act legal duties, from frontline workers through to senior leads, Boards and commissioners.
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We supported 24 community and grassroots group across the UK to understand and use human rights in tackling injustice, from racial justice to disability discrimination, from children & young people's groups to migration organisations; human rights are universal and so is BIHR's work.
250+
We co-led knowledge-building sessions with over 250 charities and civil society organisations to support them to use human rights law in their work.
We work in four different areas, all of which feed into each other. When individuals are empowered with human rights knowledge, they can use this knowledge to talk to public bodies and make change in their lives. When communities use human rights as their road map, they can take steps towards tacking tackle social injustices. When organisations understand how the law can support them to make rights-respecting decisions, staff are empowered to provide better care and support for the people they work with. And when policy-makers hear and amplify the voices of people with lived experience, they can change systems for the better.
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