“Tick Tock” While we talk, people are waiting

by the inclusion of this issue as a priority in SNAP2 – Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights, and its...In January 2025, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) published its Spotlight Report  “Tick Tock…”, A human rights assessment of progress from institutionalisation to independent living in Scotland. On Tuesday 1 April 2025 the SHRC appeared before the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil... much to the Committee for allocating time to consider the findings of the Scottish Human Rights Monday 14 April 2025

Invitation to Tender - Incorporation of International Human Rights Standards

Invitation to Tender - Incorporation of International Human Rights Standards Monday 09 October 2017

Commission joins European network calls for urgent EU-wide response to refugee crisis

rights for everyone in Scotland. The Commission is accredited as an ‘A Status’ national human rights institution within the UN system. The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI... of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), the Commission has written to all its members within... enshrined in international human rights treaties, the letter calls for action by governments...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today led calls from its network of sister Commissions Monday 13 June 2016

A “brutal” system: Families’ experiences following a death in custody in Scotland

A designed PDF version of our submission to the Independent Review of the FAI system for Article 2 Deaths in State Custody Tuesday 02 December 2025

Word | A “brutal” system: Families’ experiences following a death in custody in Scotland

An accessible Word version of our submission to the Independent Review of the FAI system for Article 2 Deaths in State Custody Tuesday 02 December 2025