and finding the majority of them have not been met.
As Scotland’s NationalHumanRightsInstitution, we also...:
The Commission is Scotland’s NationalHumanRightsInstitution. We are set up in law to protect people’s rights...The Scottish HumanRights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2023-24 before the Scottish Parliament.
The report highlights our work to engage with people’s lived experiences of humanrights... people in the Highlands and Islands, to explore humanrights concerns in areas such as healthcare
Fact-finding visit
An essential part of this project was for the Commission to go to the Highlands and Islands and to hear first-hand from humanrights defenders on the ground about the issues facing their communities.
In late 2023, Project Lead Dr Luis F Yanes and various members of the Commission team undertook a six week fact-finding trip to the Highlands and Islands, visiting more than twenty towns across six local authorities and meeting with 146 people, including:
humanrights defenders
The Scottish HumanRights Commission has submitted a report to the UN, identifying areas where more could be done to ensure people's humanrights are respected and protected in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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