Empowering the dying and the bereaved
Rights-based support for people who are facing death and their loved ones
DeathRights' mission is to advocate for the legal rights and personal wishes of individuals facing death, dying and bereavement, where these are impeded by state power, starting with the criminal legal system.
We will empower dying people and their families and those who serve them, by providing them with tools to enable them to assert their legal rights, and thus ensure their wishes are heard and respected in times of acute vulnerability and need.
Our first priorities are the needs of people who are:
- dying in prison
- in prison with a dying family member outside prison
- dealing with a death where the body is being held by the police
People in these situations are often denied the support and death rites available to the rest of us, whether from family contact, palliative care, religious practice, or bereavement counselling. .
When you are sent to prison, the punishment is supposed to be loss of liberty, not an inhumane death, or deprivation of end-of-life rituals when losing a loved one. Nor should any person’s family and community be subjected to a more brutal bereavement.
We want to build public and institutional support for more humane policies and practices around death and dying in this context, as well as empower the people directly affected to engage in those practices.
-Deathrights is A community interest company - nUMBER 16385706
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