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English and use case studies to tell the human • Promote a human rights culture at top
U
story behind the policy. organisational levels. This may mean focussing
M
• Specialist human rights campaigning on outcomes, presenting the issue in terms of
M
organisations should support other ‘value lost’ when a rights based approach is
A
organisations, helping them to understand how not used rather than ‘value added’ when it is.
R
human rights campaigning can work for them. • Duty bearers should include mandatory
Y
human rights training as part of staff inductions
7 Use human rights language to
A
to ensure they are working in compliance with
improve public services
N
human rights principles.
BIHR has found that human rights can be used
D
to empower users of public services and public
8 Examine the proposed British
R
sector staff to challenge poor treatment and Bill of Rights
E
raise standards for all. Current Government proposals for a new Bill of
C
• Provide support and information about rights Rights explicitly link rights to responsibilities – but O
based approaches for service users and what would the new Bill add to existing human
M
providers, helping them to recognise the tools rights mechanisms?
M
at their disposal. • The Government must actively seek
E
• Encourage an understanding of human rights participation from all sectors of society in
N
that focuses on entitlement rather than need. the Bill of Rights debate and offer support
D
• Use success stories about rights based and capacity building initiatives to fulfil that
A
approaches to inspire others to use human responsibility.
T
rights. • Where the concepts of ‘rights’ and
I
O
• Encourage long-term participation among ‘responsibilities’ are used together, ensure that
service users in the monitoring and evaluating rights are not presented as being contingent
N
of policies. on responsibilities.
S
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