Watch ‘Human Rights Inquiry case study - The 'Bournewood' ruling’ produced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The story of an autistic man detained in Bournewood hospital under the Mental Health Act. His carers successfully challenged his unlawful detainment at the European Court of Human Rights and paved the way for the Governments new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard that provides extra protection for the human rights of people who lack capacity and find themselves deprived of their liberty.