Call for redress as Scottish Human Rights Commission exposes lasting harm to Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers

Call for redress as Scottish Human Rights Commission exposes lasting harm to Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers Wednesday 28 January 2026

Statement on the Conflict in Gaza

.” The Commission strongly supports the efforts of our sister National Human Rights Institution, the Palestinian Independent Commission on Human Rights, to monitor and report on human rights violations in the area. We also fully endorse the call made by Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...The Scottish Human Rights Commission expresses its deep concern today at the continuing situation... for effective, independent human rights monitoring and an investigation into all alleged violations of human Wednesday 15 June 2016

Commission welcomes move to end non-statutory stop and search

” national human rights institution within the UN system. The Commission called for an end to non...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today welcomed an announcement by the Justice Secretary... to the use of non-statutory stop and search by Police Scotland because of the human rights concerns... on the important matter of strengthening accountability and scrutiny of policing. Embedding a human rights....” ENDS Notes to Editors The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body Monday 13 June 2016

Statement: report on transnational corporations

International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC): statement on the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Transnational Corporations Wednesday 25 May 2011

SNAP year two report published

Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) is the first action plan for human rights to be developed in any part of the UK. The year two report gives details on what has been achieved in SNAP's second year.​ Thursday 10 December 2015