Director @BIHRhumanrights, Trustee @CentreWJ. Tweets mainly human rights & MVAWG (+baking & fitness). Will be typos. Own views, obvs. Checking out at weekends.
In thus hostile environment we're taking back the agenda, we're sharing #WhyOurHumanRightsActMatters not just to us but to everyone across the UK ⬇️
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2/ first up, this morning 159 CEOs & leaders of 159 civil society groups spanning vast interests & geographies across the UK have written to the PM explaining why our Human Rights Act Matters and why we need political leaders to safeguard our rights & democratic accountability
May 25, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I, and my small (brilliant) team, have spent the last 9 weeks understanding the the details of Coronavirus laws - THE Regulations and the Act and other Regs and various guidance - it can be a minefield. BUT this explicit exemption for young children in Reg 6 DOES NOT EXIST.
We do this because the people we support are at risk of having their rights risked & we know how these laws place them in situations of vulnerability. We've had the most horrendous discussions about people who fear for their disabled children, dying relatives, families torn apart
May 23, 2019 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
#panorama on my way to training independent advocates to use #humanrights this morning I attempted to gather some reflections on using #humanrights as our framework for responding to mass abuse and mass institutions
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Thanks to @NDTicentral for asking me to blog, you can find it below, I'm cheekily reproducing and adding in some further thoughts... ndti.org.uk/blog/people-ar… /2
