Summary: Social work has long had a commitment to issues of social justice and human rights. Integrating rights-based ideas into practice and policy frameworks has nevertheless received less attention in recent years. It is not that human services and the professionals working within them do not appreciate or understand rights, indeed it could be argued that service delivery has become increasingly rights conscious. But the focus has tended to be on legalistic and often adversarial interpretations of rights. This seminar considers ways in which practice can meaningfully integrate rights-based ideas and engage with the subtleties of rights-based thinking.
