Aims of the project
- To explore the role and experience of inspection and complaints bodies in relation to human rights practices, and how these have implications for the organisations under their remit
- To establish whether and how inspection and complaints bodies themselves are building human rights principles into their inspection framework, and explore the benefit of a using human rights approach in their work
- To identify good practice in sectors within the scope of the various inspection and complaints bodies.
- To share experience between inspection and complaints bodies in England and Wales, of using human rights principles as a framework.
- To understand how the inspection and complaints bodies engage with the service users in order to shape the principles and methodology of inspection.
Submission of Tender
A research proposal should be sent to Janice Fong at the Equality and Human Rights Commission via email at janice.fong@equalityhumanrights.com as a Word attachment
Deadline of submission: 1 May 2008, noon.
Project title: The role and experience of inspection and complaints bodies in promoting human rights standards in public services
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