The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the commencement of the reconsideration stage... the debate live here.
Read the schedule.
Jan Savage, Executive Director, of the Scottish Human Rights... of the much anticipated Human Rights Bill, which aims to incorporate more human rights treaties into Scots law to inform a rights based approach to public service design and delivery and give people stronger... transparency and collaboration between the Scottish Government and UK Government to ensure that human
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has responded to today’s Queen’s Speech announcement..., Professor Alan Miller, said:
“The Commission has long been clear that any changes to our human rights... enabling the UK to pick and choose which judgments to accept from the European Court of Human Rights, reducing the scope of human rights laws so that they only apply to “the most serious” cases... or citizenship. Any and all of these changes would fly in the face of progressive protection for human
Scotland's place in the international human rights community.
In a speech at Tsinghua University... called the Universal Periodic Review, and it’s run by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council... recognises that we’re all on the same journey towards developing human rights; all of us can learn from each... part in the international dialogue on human rights, and to promote the rights of our citizens and the wellbeing of our society.
"Next month in Scotland we will launch our first Action Plan for Human
Miller, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said today: “The Commission welcomes the announcement today as a means of ensuring that Scotland is a fair country which respects the human dignity... route is a realistic and considered way forward which recognises, protects and balances the human... and around the world are increasingly recognising same sex marriage in law and it is right...:
The Commission is of the view that the equal right of same sex couples to marry should be guaranteed
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published its BSL Plan for 2018-2024. The Plan has been published in BSL and English.
The human rights set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons....
The Commission recognises that BSL is a language in its own right and that BSL users, like everyone else in Scotland, have a right to engage with and access information about our work without... in the Commission's public participation processes
Ensure that any new information we produce about human
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