Rights-Based Approach, but because it is vital to respecting each person’s inherent humanity. Human rights are about how people experience the world.
Our role is to witness howrights are experienced... human rights are respected and understood, and where there is justice when things go wrong.
Of the many human rights issues and our approach to realising rights for all at the SHRC that have struck... planning processes which challenges us every day that
"Any meaningful commitment to human rights
Under our founding legislation, the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006, the SHRC has a general duty to promote and encourage best practice for human rights.
An important part of this duty is monitoring how human rights are being experienced in Scotland. Independent monitoring can... picture of how people are experiencing their rights in Scotland today.... or prevent violations of rights
hold governments and parliaments accountable for their actions
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