The Commission has rejected the proposal of a UK Bill of Rights in a submission to the UK Government appointed Commission of Inquiry on a Bill of Rights.

Scottish Human Rights Commission meeting September 2011.

On 28 September 2011, at a gathering convened by Maastricht University and the International Commission of Jurists, a group of experts in international law and human rights adopted the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Based on legal research conducted over a period of more than a decade, the undersigned experts adopted the following principles.

Climate Justice – Challenges and Opportunities by Mary Robinson Magnusson Lecture 2011

Scottish Human Rights Commission meeting August 2011.