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National Human Rights Tour: Making Human Rights Happen
British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR ) - 16 Rights | 16 Cities | 16 Weeks
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What's the role of human rights in a period of cut backs to public services? What is the role of human rights in protecting the vulnerable? Do human rights offer an effective tool for people wishing to challenge the impact of service cuts or changes? How do we make sure we balance one person's rights against the interests of society as a whole?
These are the questions at the heart of a National Human Rights Tour by the British Institute of Human Rights. There will be 16 free-to-attend events taking place across the UK between September and December 2011
Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, London, Manchester, Mold (North Wales), Newcastle, Norwich, Oxford, Plymouth, Scotland (2 events TBC), Sheffield.
What are human rights?
Human rights protect individuals from the worst excesses and arbitrariness of state power. They are meant to ensure that no-one finds themselves completely abandoned or exploited by society. As well as playing a critical role in respecting and protecting our human rights, governments must also promote and fulfil them. In other words human rights are not just there for when things go wrong, but exist to stop things going wrong. Human rights have a very positive vision which is to enshrine in law the fundamental worth and dignity of all human beings and ensure everyone is helped to reach their full potential.
Understanding how human rights work
Human rights are often both misrepresented and misunderstood, and they themselves appear to be at risk of being cut back. BIHR's experience shows that human rights play an important role for the most vulnerable members of society - and for society as a whole. We have seen this over many years through our work with organisations and individuals. Sadly, these 'everyday stories' rarely reach the headlines. What's more, we don't believe human rights are utilised enough because people and organisations know little about how to use them. BIHR believes that until people are aware of their human rights and how they work, human rights - and the Human Rights Act - will continue to be underutilised. The media reporting also needs to be put in context. It is often wrong, inaccurate or misleading and rarely is the full story told.
With all of this in mind, we are taking human rights on tour to 16 cities throughout the UK between September and December 2011.
Background
The significant changes currently taking place to our public services, which are being cut back, redrawn, or commissioned out to other providers, raises fundamental questions about what human rights mean in our society and what role human rights can play in tackling these changes.
Issues addressed by the events:
The programme in each area may differ slightly. This is because each event will have a regional focus addressing issues specific to the particular city / region. The following list is given as an example of the kind of issues we will address in different regions.
a) Human rights: myths and reality
* What are human rights, where do they come from, why are they important?
* Why are they necessary in this country?
* Do they protect the villains or the victims of society (or both)!?
* Does the media get it right?
b) Making practical use of human rights
* Which issues are covered by the Human Rights Act?
* How the Human Rights Act works - and how individuals can make use of it
* Examples of using the Human Rights Act to protect the most vulnerable
c) Linking today's political changes with human rights
* How do the cuts, NHS reform, changes in legal aid - and other issues - relate to human rights?
* What does the 'Big Society' mean for human rights?
* What are the key issues in this region - and can the Human Rights Act be used to address them?
d) Working together to protect human rights
* How can we ensure that the protections offered by the Human Rights Act are not weakened?
* How can we ensure that the Human Rights Act is better known and better used?
* How can BIHR support and sustain local initiatives to promote and protect human rights - and vice versa?
The events will occupy the best part of a day and will probably consist of 4 sessions broken up by coffee-breaks and a lunch break.
The events will adopt a workshop format: the sessions will be interactive and facilitated towards giving participants the chance to air their views and discuss the issues. Additional input will be provided by BIHR and other speakers.
Timing and programme
The events will occupy the best part of a day and will probably consist of four sessions broken up by coffee-breaks and a lunch break. The day will run from about 10am to 4pm.
Six road shows are being funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) through BIHR's 'Human Rights in the Community Project'. These are Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Manchester, Newcastle, and Sheffield. They will follow a similar agenda with the addition of specific information on the community project, input from the official partner, EREN, and presentations from participating pilot organisations. For more information about this project follow this link:
When will we be in your area?
Location Venue Date
Birmingham - 29th September
The Friends Institute
220 Moseley Road
Highgate
Birmingham
B12 0DG
Brighton - 18th October
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XG
Bristol - 15th September
St Werburghs Centre Bristol
Horley Road
BS2 9TJ
Cardiff - 17th November
Cardiff County Hall
Derby - 27th September
YMCA Derbyshire
London Road
Wilmorton
Derby
DE24 8UT 27th September
London - 13th December
Amnesty International UK
The Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA
Manchester - 8th September
St Thomas Centre
Ardwick Green North
Manchester
M12 6FZ
Mold - 9th November
North Wales
"Alyn & Deeside Room"
Flintshire County Council/Cyngor Sir y Fflint County
Newcastle - 4th October
West End Women and Girls Centre
Stephenson Building
173 Elswick Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 6SQ
Norwich - 1st November
The King's Centre
Norwich.
Oxford - 13th September
North Oxford Association, Community Centre
Diamond Place
Summertown
Oxford
OX2 7DP
Plymouth - 21st November
Plymouth Guild Hall
Royal Parade
Plymouth
Sheffield - 13th October
The Circle
33 Rockingham Lane
Sheffield
S1 4FW
Dates and locations for Scotland, likely to be 2 events, and Belfast, are still TBA. You may sign up to a mailing list that will enable us to notify you as soon as the date and venue are confirmed. You can access this mailing list by following this link.
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Booking
Places are limited so please book early! We will take up to 3 representatives from an organisation until we have a clearer idea of numbers but there may be a possibility to take more, so please indicate on the booking form if this would be of interest to you.
Please note that in order to make the National Human Rights Tour possible, each event is likely to be BYOL - Bring Your Own Lunch. We will provide final confirmation of this nearer to the time.
Please note that you will not be able to attend without having booked on in advance. Please contact ewi...@bihr.org.uk if you have any queries about the National Human Rights Tour.
To book onto one of these free-to-attend events please follow this link.
http://www.bihr.org.uk/bihr-national-human-rights-tour-online-booking-form
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