Poverty and Human Rights (May 2019) and our response (May 2019)
Commission report, Models of Incorporation and Justiciability for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, authored by Dr Katie Boyle, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Stirling and our news item (Nov 2018)
Kavita Chetty responds to the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in Holyrood... on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Call for Evidence (Sept 2018)
The Adequate Standard of Living
Our current Chair, Judith Robertson, comes to the end of her term in March 2022. The Scottish Parliament is now recruiting for her successor.
The Chair is a full time role, appointed by a cross-party Selection Panel of MSP . The Commission does not have any direct involvement.
Candidates should have a track record of:
promoting human rights
leading an organisation
implementing good governance
influencing senior stakeholders
Find out more and how to apply on the Scottish Parliament
Civil and political rights
The Commission's first annual State of the Nation report to the Scottish Parliament was published on Human Rights Day – 10th December – 2024 and focuses on civil and political rights. The report covers the period from September 2023 to September 2024, following... rights, the rights that protect people from harms by the state and rights to participate in decisions... in places of detention, and emerging evidence that Scotland is not meeting human rights standards
If you want to notify us about legal proceedings which raise a compatibility question or compatibility issue under the UNCRC Act or notify us of an issue where the SHRC may wish to consider using its other legal powers please email legal@scottishhumanrights.com.
Please note that that the law governing the SHRC’s work prohibits us from providing advice or assistance on individual legal claims unless of the SHRC’s powers under the UNCRC Act. Section 6 of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights
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