Human Rights and COVID-19

We have collated our work on human rights and COVID-19 below.  We will update this page regularly. 

Read our full statement: Human Rights in a Time of Crisis.

Read our COVID-19 Business Continuity Update (18 March 2020).

 9 April 2020

• Briefing: COVID-19 Clinical Guidance providing recommendations to Scotland's Chief Medical Officer

• News article: COVID-19 Clinical Guidance: Recommendations to Chief Medical Officer

16 June 2020

• Read our statement on human rights in care homes

14 July 2020

• Briefing: Care homes and human rights during COVID-19 sets out the human rights framework as it applies to the issues that have arisen in the care homes

• News article: Briefing: Care homes and human rights during COVID-19

1 September 2020

• Visiting Guidance for Adult Care Homes: Letter to Clinical and Professional Advisory Group

6 October 2020

• Report into human rights affected by changes to social care: COVID-19, Social Care and Human Rights: Impact Monitoring Report

• Easy read version (PDF): How has coronavirus affected social care and human rights?

28 April 2021

• Briefing: COVID-19 Status Certificates and Human Rights Considerations

• Statement: Commission cautions that any moves to introduce COVID-19 status certificates must take full account of human rights