'Land is a national asset that should serve the public interest'

, is a national asset that should serve the public interest - By Professor Alan Miller Human rights... plans allegedly costing taxpayers £600 million in compensation bills. Nor are human rights a "trump card" offering an "absolute right to buy" for non-landowning interests. This alarms landowners and polarises the debate. In fact human rights underpin the public interest, not any vested interest... and trump cards off the table. First, the right of public participation means that everyone should Monday 13 June 2016

Land Reform

Land reform in Scotland is an important human rights issue. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 was passed in April 2016.   Why is land ownership a human rights issue? Land ownership and access... to recognise that human rights are engaged in the debate. We stressed that Scottish Ministers are empowered by the Scotland Act 1998 to observe and implement international human rights obligations. These include but go beyond the European Convention on Human Rights. The International Covenant Friday 15 July 2016

Commission joins European network calls for urgent EU-wide response to refugee crisis

our help and support – they have a human right to it.  “We fully support the Scottish Government’s...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today led calls from its network of sister Commissions... of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), the Commission has written to all its members within the EU, urging them to demand their governments “step up to meet in full their human rights... at the Extraordinary Council of Interior Ministers on 14 September.  Stressing the right to seek asylum Monday 13 June 2016

Human Rights Bodies joint response to UN report assessing Scottish and UK governments disability rights track record

Human Rights Bodies joint response to UN report assessing Scottish and UK governments disability rights track record Wednesday 06 September 2017

Commission welcomes change to Scotland’s COVID-19 certification scheme

interference with human rights including: the right to private and family life, which covers the right to personal development and to establish and develop relationships; the right to health, including mental health; freedom of thought, conscience and religion and the right to take part in cultural...The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the First Minister’s announcement that the Scottish... measures that interfere with human rights, the scheme should be subject to regular meaningful Thursday 25 November 2021