Climate Justice and Human Rights

Climate change has been called the defining challenge for development of the 21st century and there is a widespread call for a human rights based approach to combatting its effects. A human rights approach to climate justice recognises and makes explicit the human face of climate change – in many cases, the human cost. As important and profound as the impact on the natural world may be – loss of species, loss of habitats, bleached coral reefs, shrinking polar ice and more – there are also Tuesday 15 July 2014

Second consultation - British Bill of Rights

Second consultation - British Bill of Rights Sunday 19 June 2016

Commission expresses serious concerns about human rights implications of Serco judgment

Commission expresses serious concerns about human rights implications of Serco judgment Wednesday 13 November 2019

HRBW Past Work

Councils is Now We Need Human Rights Based Taxation to Help Scotland Build Back Making Rights Real... the potential for human rights budgeting in Scotland Participating at the Human Rights Cities Alliance... response, October 2023, Human Rights Consortium Scotland Participating at the Social Policy Association... to the Scottish Government's consultation on a new Human Rights Bill for Scotland in October 2023....  A letter to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament on its Tuesday 03 September 2019

Commission welcomes Council of Europe findings that UK legal reforms could “weaken human rights protections”

Commission welcomes Council of Europe findings that UK legal reforms could “weaken human rights protections” Tuesday 05 July 2022