# Human rights framework for adults in detention

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION](/buyers/equality-and-human-rights-commission/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Hugh Southey QC
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £12,960
- Award date: 4 August 2017
- Published: 22 September 2017
- Contract start: 7 August 2017
- Contract end: 30 September 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f7f15aeb-5da0-4807-a832-8f2748188cbb-172175
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1bfd74b0-e15a-4fee-89c9-6292ce74bebb

## Description

1\. The Equality and Human Rights Commission \(EHRC\) has committed to two discrete but overlapping projects within its current Business Plan, for which it seeks a tender from panel counsel\. Counsel will be asked to provide an in-depth legal analysis of the core human rights obligations and standards covering: a\) the use of restraint, including but not limited to physical restraint, isolation, chemical restraint, use of Tasers and mechanical restraint used with the intention to modify or control behaviour; and b\) Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights \(ECHR\) in prisons and youth criminal detention settings\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7f15aeb-5da0-4807-a832-8f2748188cbb-172175)