The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published its BSL Plan for 2024-2030. The Plan has been published in BSL on YouTube and in English on our website.
The Commission recognises that BSL... the tactile form of the language, have the same rights as everyone else to engage with and access information about our work without unnecessary barriers.
Our BSL Plan sets out how the Commission... barriers for BSL users to access information we produce about human rights and the Commission’s work
Please note we do not provide advice and help to individuals about human rights concerns.
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British... duties. In a small number of cases their actions become unacceptable. This policy explains how we approach these situations.
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The Commission is Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution. We are set up in law to protect people’s rights...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2023-24 before the Scottish Parliament.
The report highlights our work to engage with people’s lived experiences of human rights... people in the Highlands and Islands, to explore human rights concerns in areas such as healthcare, housing and transport.
We also collaborated with human rights defenders to call for faster progress
There are many examples where human rights have been considered in health and social care... to respecting and protecting people's rights in social care settings. For example,
Geographical variations in how much individuals have to pay for care
Whether individuals can move between areas... is based on rights. We want all care services – across the public, private and third sector – to respect all rights, including the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. We
The Commission has responded to the Scottish Government's consultation on guidance on engaging communities in decisions relating to land.
In our response, we recommend the guidance should promote taking a human rights based approach to participation and that the relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should be explicitly included within the guidance. We also recommend the guidance should... and how these barriers may be overcome, and that it should set out the obligations of landowners
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