A joint letter from the SHRC and EHRC Scotland to the Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. It highlights the publication of the UKIM report assessing the human rights of disabled people in the UK.
United Nations Open-ended Working Group on strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons (General Assembly resolution 65/182) - conference paper by Kavita Chetty, Legal Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Speech to the national conference “Adult Protection and Human Rights”, Perth Concert Hall, 24 March 2010
Duncan Wilson, Head of Strategy and Legal, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Our model of ESC rights monitoring brings us closer to the communities to directly bear witness to their human rights concerns. We use this model to build a picture of economic social and cultural rights realisation across Scotland.
In each area, we meet with human rights defenders, community groups and duty bearers to inform our research. Our reports chart the state of ESC rights in that area - allowing us and others to track progress or deterioration of rights - and make specific
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