A briefing to mark HumanRights Day on 10 December and the 30th anniversary of the Paris Principles being endorsed by the United Nations (UN). The Principles set out the standards for independent, effective and robust NationalHumanRights Institutions (NHRIs). As Scotland’s NHRI, the Scottish HumanRights Commission works to make these systems effective and meaningful in Scotland.
This project examined denial of the rights to cultural recognition of Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers as a humanrights issue. It looks at the impact of the experiment on the community, past and present... testimony.
Our report, "No man's land": a humanrights assessment of the Tinker Experiment, draws on the independent research and victim's experiences, together with an examination of the relevant international humanrights laws and frameworks.
Throughout this project, the SHRC was committed to ensuring
research will form a basis for the development of Scotland’s NationalActionPlan for HumanRights (SNAP), an ambitious project to advance the realisation of humanrights in Scotland. SNAP... feedback on the impact of humanrights in Scotland today.
"We are at the start of an exciting project - Scotland'sNationalActionPlan for HumanRights (SNAP) - and the Gathering is the first time we... the country to map gaps and good practices in the realisation of humanrights in Scotland. During 2012
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