13. Human rights

13.1

The Human Rights Act 1998 sets out fundamental provisions with respect to the protection of individual human rights. These include maintaining dignity, ensuring confidentiality and protecting individuals from abuse of various kinds. Employees and volunteers of the Trust must ensure that the trust does not breach the human rights of any individual the trust comes into contact with.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Purpose
3. Explanation of terms
4. Duties
5. Organisational approach to sharing of information, learning and improvement
6. Organisational process for developing and taking action in relation to learning
7. Organisational process for implementing change as a result of learning
8. Organisational learning and promoting improvements in practice
9. Local learning
10. Training and awareness
11. Stakeholder, carer and user involvement
12. Equality impact assessment
13. Human rights
14. Monitoring compliance with and effectiveness of this document
15. Exceptions
Appendix A - Learning from local events and experiences
Appendix B - Learning from external assessments
Appendix C - Terms of reference