Each year, the Commission produces several statements for consideration by the Human Rights Council. Sometimes we also make joint statements with one of our sister UK NHRIs (the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission).
Past statements have included:
Minority rights (2026) - video statement
Disabled people's rights (2026) - video statement
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2025) - video statement
Children's rights (2024
Originally published in the Herald, Wednesday 1st December 2021, by Dr Alison Hosie, Research Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission.
Tax, the realm of accountants, economists and policy experts – but what has it got to do with human rights? The answer is everything.
Taxation is one of the key... Rights, these treaties come with obligations. One of these is to maximise available resources to realise... to tax.
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Find out more about our Human Rights Budget Work on the Commission's website.
, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Read the report on our website.
Priority issues include... responsible public bodies to do this
One important tool is human rights budgeting, which supports... budgeting on our website.
Ian Duddy, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said:
“Human rights
in Scotland (CELCIS) have today launched a website ahead of an ‘InterAction’ meeting to take place... advice or information about support services please use the resource list online at their website... methods.
What remedies will the InterAction offer?
None. The InterAction is one of a series of steps.... In international law compensation is one of five ways that the State i.e. the Scottish Government can
The UN Human Rights Framework and Regional Human Rights Frameworks
The Member States of the United Nations and other regional bodies enter into agreements with one another in international law committing to protect, respect and fulfil human rights. These agreements are known as treaties, conventions or covenants. States voluntarily make these commitments and accept binding legal obligations when... the Conventions into their legal systems.
So far, the UK, has fully incorporated one international Convention
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