New Report Shows UK Human Rights Act Protects Vulnerable People and Improves

A new report, published by the British Institute of Human Rights to mark ten years of the UK Human Rights Act and 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, demonstrates that the HRA is protecting vulnerable people from abuse and poor treatment in public services.

The report highlights examples where the HRA helps protect people from brutality, and unnecessary intrusion of their privacy, and promotes people’s inherent human dignity and participation in life.

The report shows that the HRA is an invaluable tool for public service staff, service users and their advocates, enabling people to challenge poor treatment without having to go to court, because it requires public services to consider people’s basic human rights in their everyday work, and respond to individual needs. More: