RightsInfo

@rights_info

We believe in our human rights - and that there’s more that brings us together than divides us.

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Joined January 2015

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    7 Dec 2018

    🦊 Your rights are everywhere, sometimes you just can't see them!

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Is It Human Rights Legislation, Or A Quote From Harry Potter?

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  3. 14 hours ago

    The Joint Committee on Human Rights has heard shocking evidence of young people with autism and learning disabilities being locked up and isolated in secure hospitals and inpatient units

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  4. 15 hours ago

    European... 🏛️ Court? 📜 Charter? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Convention? It's a bit confusing. Here's what they all mean 👇

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  5. 16 hours ago

    After 30 years Britain’s ties with Erasmus are hanging in the balance. We asked students on the programme about their rights as Brexit approaches.

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  6. 18 hours ago

    Human rights can help to prevent the tyranny of the majority by giving everyone legal rights that a Government elected by a majority cannot simply disregard. This doesn't equal 'undemocratic'.

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  7. 19 hours ago

    Research has highlighted that pregnant women are giving birth in prison cells without access to proper medical care

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  8. 20 hours ago

    Why do we even need human rights? 🤔

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  9. 21 hours ago

    By its very nature democracy rewards the majority - the protections offered by human rights are a vital part of balancing this system.

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  10. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    " can help to prevent the tyranny of the majority by giving everyone legal rights that a Gov elected by a majority cannot simply disregard... Human rights help to work better, by ensuring that nobody is left behind, esp if they hv little voice"in politics

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  11. Retweeted
    23 hours ago
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  12. 23 hours ago

    Human rights sometimes limit what elected politicians are allowed to do. That doesn't make them undemocratic.

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  13. 24 hours ago

    Everyone should know what the Human Rights Act is... ... so here's some help! 😉

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  14. Jan 4

    How do human rights prevent (and in some cases rectify) miscarriages of justice?

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    "41% of women aged 18 to 36 had received unwanted photos of a penis." The law must keep up with technological advances which enable new forms of sexual abuse inclusing criminalising non-consensual distribution of sexual images.

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  16. Jan 3
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  17. Jan 3

    How can we use human rights to achieve true pay equality for everyone?

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  18. Jan 3

    The government’s ‘right to rent’ scheme is being challenged in the courts on the basis that it is potentially racially discriminatory.

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  19. Jan 3

    Intersex people can be made to feel like a 'medical marvel' or an 'anomaly', and can frequently be subjected to violations of their rights.

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  20. Jan 3

    New government figures revealing that 597 homeless people died in England and Wales during 2017 have been described as a ‘national scandal’ and ‘entirely preventable’

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  21. Jan 3

    What is the right to liberty?

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