Training for Equality and Human Rights Committee Members

This training was originally developed by Legal Capacity Training in 2017 for people with intellectual disabilities in order to contribute to a project commissioned by Inclusion Ireland and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission called Making Equality and Rights Real – A Tool Kit for Setting up Human Rights Committee. The training supported people with disabilities to sit on human rights committees. This training is now available to staff and lay persons who may wish to sit on a committee. 

The objective of the training is to support participants to develop the skills and knowledge to set up and run an Equality and Human Rights committee’s within their organisation. It is common across organisations that the role of the committee is to only review and at times sanction restrictive practices. The focus of this training however is to support participants to develop the skills and knowledge to promote human rights within their organisation and where rights are restricted to ensure they are  reviewed  and restored according to the rights set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (as amended).

This course can be delivered as part of in – service training to committee members who wish to undertake the training together. In such circumstances committees are invited to provide typical fictional scenarios they encounter in carrying out their role. The course is also delivered online over Teams which facilitates individuals from different organisations to attend. See dates below for the next available course. This training can also be designed to be delivered to non – committee members such as frontline practitioners who are committed to reducing and eliminating restrictive practice and promoting human rights across their organisation.