This briefing by the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM), of which the Commission is a member, provides an overview of key concerns about the lack of government progress in protecting the rights of disabled people in the UK, with a particular focus on the adverse impact of social security reforms on disabled people.
a major report on places of detention in Scotland, assessing 29 humanrights recommendations and finding the majority of them have not been met.
As Scotland’s NationalHumanRights Institution, we also delivered major reports measuring Scotland’s progress on humanrights to international treaty bodies...:
The Commission is Scotland’s NationalHumanRights Institution. We are set up in law to protect people’s rights... humanrights across Scotland in other ways in 2023-24, including:
New research into Attitudes
On Thursday 20 June at a HumanRights InterAction event in Glasgow survivors of historic child..., care workers and others to prepare the development of an ActionPlan for justice for the survivors.
This process, facilitated by the Scottish HumanRights Commission and the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, aims to ensure that the rights and responsibilities of everyone....”
The Commission will now draft a Framework for the ActionPlan, and this will be published for the consideration
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