, the Commission is developing its 2024-28 Strategic Plan, taking a human rights based approach with a focus...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has launched an online survey asking people across Scotland... to human rights violations and monitor how human rights are actually being experienced by people... society, duty bearers and decision makers to protect and promote human rights in Scotland.
Anyone... version of the survey is also available.
Shaping your Human Rights Commission
The Commission
of life.
Improve the accessibility of healthcare services across Scotland
Embed a human rights based... a human rights-based approach.
The Commission will be expanding the monitoring model to other areas...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has sent a report to the United Nations Committee looking... spotlight project on challenges with accessing human rights to health, housing, and food across... and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in Geneva alongside other National Human Rights Institutions and civil
We know that people can experience problems when it comes to their own human rights. Our Help with Human Rights leaflet gives details of organisations and services that may be able to help you, if you have a human rights problem. It is also available in Word and Easy Read format.
Please note that the Scottish Human Rights Commission does not handle complaints, or provide a help service...) of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006 explains this.
When the Scottish Parliament set
on a human rights based approach to public bodies.
The Members of the Scottish Human Rights...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2022-23 before the Scottish... in 2022-23, to promote and protect human rights.
A copy of the Annual Report has been published... in the Annual Report include:
Intensive work to scrutinise the Scottish Government’s new Human Rights Bill for Scotland.
Promoting the defence of the Human Rights Act as the UK Government moved
Access to justice for economic, social, cultural and environmental rights
In 2023, we commissioned Access to Justice for Everyone, a discussion paper from Professor Katie Boyle, Professor of Human Rights & Social Justice at the University of Strathclyde. The paper focuses on economic, social... new human rights laws must have teeth if they’re going to work for everyone in Scotland.
Have longer? Read the discussion paper Access to Justice for Everyone: How might a new Human Rights legal
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