Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Justice on rights of people in detention during COVID-19 outbreak

Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Justice on rights of people in detention during COVID-19 outbreak Thursday 02 April 2020

UN specialist visits Scotland to share expertise on preventing torture

to a meeting of civil society organisations how Scotland could do more to improve its human rights... Nations specialist on human rights is visiting Scotland this week to highlight ways to strengthen... relies on civil society and national human rights institutions to provide them with information, and Mr Modvig will explain to organisations and members of the National Preventative Mechanism (NPM) how... November and is being organised by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. The event is being carried out Thursday 01 November 2018

Health and social care

Advisory Group 6 October 2020 Report into human rights affected by changes to social care: COVID-19, Social Care and Human Rights: Impact Monitoring Report Easy read version (PDF): How has... Officer 16 June 2020 Read our statement on human rights in care homes 14 July 2020 Briefing: Care homes and human rights during COVID-19 sets out the human rights framework as it applies to the issues that have arisen in the care homes News article: Briefing: Care homes and human rights during Tuesday 09 May 2023

Commission welcomes appointment of COVID-19 inquiry Chair and presses for further action to put human rights at heart of inquiry

Commission welcomes appointment of COVID-19 inquiry Chair and presses for further action to put human rights at heart of inquiry Wednesday 15 December 2021

‘Secure protection for human rights – whatever powers are devolved’, SHRC tells Smith Commission

‘Secure protection for human rights – whatever powers are devolved’, SHRC tells Smith Commission Wednesday 15 June 2016