Human Rights in Scotland

Human Rights in Scotland Wednesday 16 March 2016

Commission publishes its Annual Report 2020-21

phase of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights.  Read our annual report in full (PDF)  ... and input, given the serious human rights considerations arising from the pandemic.  The Commission monitored and drew attention to a range of human rights issues during the immediate pandemic... a wide-ranging set of international human rights directly into Scots law.  We also welcomed two new... an informed discourse around human rights in the media, social media and within the Scottish Parliament Wednesday 27 October 2021

Housing Rights in Practice: Lessons Learned from Leith

This report shares lessons learned from four years working with local people in Leith to use human rights to tackle poor housing. Wednesday 20 May 2020

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food visits Scotland

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food visits Scotland Friday 10 March 2017

What we've done so far 2

in places of detention, and emerging evidence that Scotland is not meeting human rights standards...Civil and Political Rights The Commission's first annual State of the Nation report to the Scottish Parliament was published on Human Rights Day – 10th December – 2024 and focuses on civil and political rights. The report covers the period from September 2023 to September 2024, following... rights, the rights that protect people from harms by the state and rights to participate in decisions Friday 06 December 2024