Incorporation of economic, social, and cultural rights.

Incorporation of economic, social, and cultural rights. Thursday 09 November 2023

Commission warns of crisis for disabled people’s rights

Commission warns of crisis for disabled people’s rights Thursday 17 August 2023

What is next

designed to empower human rights defenders. We also met duty-bearers and provided technical advice and support on how to ensure they can take a human rights based approach to their policies and service delivery. Holding duty bearers accountable As Scotland's National Human Rights Institution, we aim... can take to ensure full compliance with Scotland’s international human rights obligations. We have now shared our report with the Equality, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, and encouraged Wednesday 20 November 2024

Parliamentary debate - Prison Visiting Committees

The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the debate today (2 February 2012) in the Scottish Parliament on Prison Visiting Committees. The Scottish Human Rights Commission is the National Human Rights Institution for Scotland and is part of the National Preventative Mechanism (NPM) under... service for prisons, but considers that this should run alongside the human rights protections... the protection of human rights for all of the people in Scotland.   Sunday 19 June 2016

Local advice and advocacy services

In 2024, we jointly commissioned research with the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) to map the landscape in order to gain a better understanding of the availability, distribution, and focus of services offering human rights-related advice and advocacy in Scotland. We used our research findings to create the two functional maps below which chart advice and advocacy services across a range of human rights-related issues. Thursday 08 January 2026