Policing
Police can play a vital role in defending some of our most fundamental human rights. They support our ability to live free from violence, crime and fear, and help create an environment within which other rights and freedoms can be enjoyed.
The effective protection of human rights rests with Police Scotland and a number of public bodies with responsibility for policing in Scotland. The State has an overarching obligation to respect, protect, and fulfil everyone's human rights.
rights: access to environmental information, participation in decision-making relating to the environment, and access to justice.
Although some of these rights come from existing international human rightslaw, there has been increasing momentum to have the right to a healthy environment recognised...Right to a Healthy Environment
Human rights and a healthy environment are interdependent.
The right to a healthy environment contains different elements:
Substantive rights: clean air, a safe
The Commission's role in the UPR
As Scotland's national human rights institution the Scottish Human Rights Commission has a distinct role in the review process. We contribute evidence, support civil society organisations to take part in the process, and have speaking rights at the Human Rights Council. We also monitor the implementation of recommendations following the review.
We will provide... and the Chairs of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Northern Ireland Human Rights
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