Submission: Response to public petition PE1351 on historic child abuse
PE1351 Public Petitions Committee Hearing - proposals for next steps in the process of securing access to justice and remedies for survivors of historic child abuse
Submission: UN Universal Periodic Review of the UK
The Scottish Human Rights Commission's Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the UK (this is for the UPR which took place in 2012). Large print version at http://www.scottishhumanrights.com/media/1655/uprlargeprint.doc
Submission: Bill of Rights Commission (2011)
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.
Minutes of Commission Meeting - September 2011
Scottish Human Rights Commission meeting September 2011.
Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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.