The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the Inquiry Report of the Health and Sport Committee into the Regulation of Care for Older People and the Scottish Government’s response.
The Committee....
Of particular importance to the Commission is that the Committee recognises that a human rights framework... Standards embeds equality and human rights for service users.
Read the submission which gives observations based upon the Committee’s report and Government response in Word format.
for survivors of historic child abuse. The Human Rights Framework is based on international human rights law... in Scotland.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission with the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children... for justice within a human rights context.
Since historical child abuse was first raised in the Scottish Parliament there has been an ongoing national discussion about what needs to be done to put right... in partnership with the Commission to help promote the Human Rights Framework for people affected by abuse when
to be seen through the prism of Scotland’s human rights obligations, in particular the right... analysis and recommendations, and a human rights based approach to guide our work where possible... in prison custody.
The independent investigatory body must have regard to applicable human..., and Judith Robertson, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission. It was commissioned by the Cabinet... humane, compassionate, rights-based response to the loss of life in Scotland’s prisons. It is now
in this area to develop in a human rights-based, ethical manner which gives appropriate weight to considerations of public protection on the one hand, and privacy and other relevant human rights on the other.
“The Commission welcomes the introduction of a code of practice based on legislation...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Scottish Government’s response to today’s... of the Commission, said:
“Biometric data has important implications for privacy and other human rights
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