for an ethical framework for both health and social care in Scotland which sets out ethical and human rights-based principles to guide decision-making. See our briefing.
We believe that the clinical guidance would be significantly enhanced by explicit consideration of and reference to human rights
Experiences of the Adequate Standard of Living Reference Group during the first five weeks of lockdown.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission supports and works with a Reference Group of people with lived experience of poverty from across Scotland. The group are experts in poverty and in rights based approaches to tackling poverty.
With a diverse membership, the experiences of group members during..., reflections and recommendations with the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee
that everyone’s right to privacy is protected by the Human Rights Act and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
“We are pleased that Police Scotland is now taking proactive steps...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed Police Scotland’s announcement... National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP).
Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Commission... implementing a key commitment in Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights.”
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The Scottish
with a wide range of civil society and third sector organisations as well as with the Scottish Human... voiced its commitment to human rights on repeated occasions, and this mission will give me an opportunity to assess in-depth to what extent adequate housing, as one central aspect of the right... the challenge to promote and protect the right to adequate housing for all is on the agenda.
"In doing
and serious physical or emotional abuse or neglect has a humanright to access an effective and fair...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed today's commitment from the Scottish Government to financial redress for survivors of historic abuse.
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
"We welcome today's commitment to making financial redress available to survivors of childhood..., it is right that today's government takes all possible action to deliver justice for those affected
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