The second annual report of the UK’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) is published today, giving an overview of the state of detention in prisons, police custody, children’s secure accommodation, immigration, military and mental health detention.
The NPM is made up of 18 independent bodies, including the Scottish Human Rights Commission and co-ordinated by HM Inspectorate of Prisons... of anyone held in any form of custody. The NPM should have the right to regularly inspect all places
A letter to the First Minister of Scotland from the Scottish Human Rights Commission, on the subject of protecting human rights in Scotland and asking for urgent clarification on the Scottish Government's proposals for the Human Rights Bill.
A new report published today by the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) reveals the traumatic... system around deaths in places of detention.
Scotland has a legal obligation under Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights to investigate deaths in custody effectively... of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said:
“Scotland will only improve its system of investigating... and is a grave human rights concern.”
“We simply cannot continue in this seemingly endless cycle of new
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