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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has unveiled an online resource about human rights to help public sector bodies in England and Wales and organisations carrying out public functions and advocacy.
The resource covers nine areas: adult social care; children's services; health; housing; education services; local government; criminal justice; courts and prisons; policing, and immigration and asylum.
The EHRC has also outlined a number of common and recurring themes from the guidance “that should be applicable to everyone”: They are:
The EHRC’s 29 pieces of guidance bring together learning materials about the human rights obligations of the public sector and how to successfully implement them. “These materials include tried and tested examples of how to consider human rights in public service delivery as well as case studies, informal guidance, inspection standards and impact assessments,” it said.
The Commission has also included materials on supporting the human rights of particular groups such as older and disabled people and refugees and asylum seekers.
There are summaries of each publication to highlight the key human rights messages and other essential information. These were produced by the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute at London Metropolitan University.
Philip Hoult