Equality and Human Rights Commission

Inquiry into non-natural deaths in detention of adults with mental

health conditions

Previous inquiries

• Fair financial decision-making• Home care of older people• Disability-related harassment• Discrimination in the Finance sector inquiry• Human Trafficking in Scotland• Recruitment and employment in the meat

and poultry processing sector

Inquiry into non-natural deaths in detention of adults with mental health conditions

• Article 2 “Right to Life”• Non-natural deaths between 2010 and 2013• Prisons, police custody and psychiatric hospitals• Identify trends, implementation of

recommendations from previous investigations, learn from good practice

• Aim to publish report and recommendations Spring 2015

Methodology

• Focus on existing evidence

• Analyse the evidence to establish the extent to which there has been compliance with Article 2, and Article 2 together with Article 14, of the European Convention on Human Rights

• Develop understanding about how organisations have implemented recommendations from previous inquiries and reports into non-natural deaths in detention

• Coordinate our work with other regulators, inspectors and ombudsmen

Article 2 Framework

Practical checklist based on human rights case law

Obligation to protect

Obligation to investigate

We welcome comments!

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