Bihr - The British Institute Of Human Rights

Happy Friday everyone! Can we ask our followers who believe in the importance of #humanrights to sign and share our birthday card please? We will be gathering signatures from now until December when we present this to the United Nations.
http://www.celebratehumanrights.uk/

We've now got nearly all of the filming dates in for our empowerment through film project with Mencap Liverpool.The aim is to launch the films on November 13th in Liverpool.If you've got an interest in Learning Disability,Autism and #humanrights, watch this space!

Our latest blog looks at the recent important decision of the Upper Tribunal on the human rights implications of excluding children with special needs from school for behaviour which is linked to their condition. http://ow.ly/UYSE30lqBwb

Today we are planning our follow up session with our Mental Health and Human Rights Summer School here Queen Mary Uni Londn . For all advocates and staff who came along to our first session, you will now have received details for this via email. It's Thursday 30th August-10-3pm. See you there.

Presented in collaboration with Ciné-ONU to mark the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR and the Free & Equal Campaign the British Museum are screening the Queen of Ireland on September 21st. You can book tickets here, we are looking forward to it! http://ow.ly/W7fT30lpDtp

If you're interested in joining our Human Rights Alliance which brings organisations' voices together to demonstrate the positive difference #humanrights have on everyday life as well as providing a vital check on power you can find out more here: http://ow.ly/1wYs30lkKzl

More information about the Joint Commitee on Human Rights inquiry into the Human Rights Act can be found here: http://ow.ly/Q49230lkLeT We want to encourage people to submit evidence of the difference the #HRA makes to people's lives every day #humanrights

Today is a big day for us, we are convening a meeting of our Alliance, a group of orgs committed to protecting #humanrights and the #HumanRightsAct. Today we are discussing the JCHR inquiry into 20 years of the Human Rights Act.

Thanks for following our weekend of what is BIHR ! We are going to put our feet up now. But we leave you with one of our favourite #humanrights quotes which sums up the work we do. See you tomorrow.

What don't we do at BIHR ? We don't do court work, litigation or legal advice. We believe that if we prioritise empowering people and providing education, training and knowledge to staff, leaders, policy makers etc, then we won't need the court rooms.

Yesterday, our twitter was devoted to some of what we do as an organisation. Today, it's devoted to what we don't do.Not to kill your Sunday vibe but because it's important to know. We hope you'll read our tweets as the day passes.Thanks for all of your likes and comments so far.

Fact 5: "Wow, that's a lot of work for a small team. Do you do anything else?" Yes, we coproduce #humanrights resources, all of which are available from here, for FREE! And, that's enough about us for one day. Enjoy your evening! http://ow.ly/d5Wh30lmb3f

Fact 4: Anything else? Yes, we produce policy and legal briefings, we blog about legal developments and what they mean outside of courtrooms, we campaign to protect our #HumanRightsAct, we provide media commentary when #humanrights are at stake... http://ow.ly/d/7QST

Fact 3: What else do you do? We empower people, families and carers to know their rights and to feel confident speaking up for them. Something a person might think is "just how things are", we are there to explain their legal rights in a way that is relevant to every day life.

Fact 2:What does BIHR do? We exist to make sure that we all know what our #humanrights are and that we can benefit from them in our every day lives. We train doctors, nurses, advocates, social workers (and loads more) to embed human rights in their practice.

Fact 1: At BIHR we are a small team, there's less than 10 of us. We are a mix of lawyers, law students, researchers, trainers and what brings us all together is our love of #humanrights. Oh and yes, some of us like to dance! Meet us all here: http://ow.ly/OC1Z30lm8Qg

Do you ever find yourself wondering, who actually are BIHR and what do they do? Are they lawyers? Are they teachers? Do they like to dance? Well, this weekend we thought we'd devote our twitter to us, who we are and what we do (and don't) do. Hold onto your hats.

We are looking forward to our meeting today with SYP to plan the best way to celebrate #HumanRightsDay on December 10th this year in Scotland.