Welcome to the third e-Newsletter from the Scottish Human Rights Commission on international Human Rights Day. Visit www. scottishhumanrights. com for more information, news, stories about human rights in Scotland, and guidance on where to get help with human rights issues.
CELEBRATING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Today, 10 December 2009, is international Human Rights Day. See how the Commission and other organisations are celebrating.
MARKING THE END OF HOMECOMING YEAR WITH ’HOME’ VISIT
Chair of the Commission Professor Alan Miller spent time recently with a refugee from Zimbabwe as part of the Scottish Refugee Council’s HOME visit program. The visit coincided with the final days of Homecoming 2009. Click to find out more
10TH BIENNIAL TO COME TO SCOTLAND
Scotland is to host a major United Nations–supported conference which will bring human rights organisations from all over the world to Edinburgh in October 2010. Click to find out more
HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
The Commission recently partnered with the Scottish Government, SEPA and BTCV to deliver a new Communiqué on Climate Change ahead of the Copenhagen Summit. Watch the video and read the Communique from the conference.