Charities aim to close up the rights law loophole

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector, 11 July 2007

Human rights campaigners are seeking changes to care homes legislation in order to close a loophole in the Human Rights Act that means people living in charitable or privately run homes are not protected.

Third Sector has learnt that lawyers at the civil rights group Liberty are examining how laws governing standards in care homes for older and disabled people can be altered to ensure that the human rights of residents are not violated. The campaign suffered a major setback last month when the...

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