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... the protection of human rights for all of the people in Scotland.  ... service for prisons, but considers that this should run alongside the human rights protections Sunday 19 June 2016

Letter to First Minister requesting urgent update on the Human Rights Bill

A letter from the Members and incoming Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission to First Minister John Swinney requesting an urgent update on the Human Rights Bill. Tuesday 09 July 2024

Commission is hiring a new Head of Strategy and Legal

’s national human rights institution. Independent and authoritative in our legal and policy analysis... an experienced, knowledgeable and skilled human rights professional the exciting prospect of taking the promotion and protection of human rights in Scotland to the next level. This will involve providing support and direction to a small team of human rights legal, research and policy experts, building... at a senior level nationally and with peers in the international human rights system and playing Wednesday 15 June 2016

Commission writes to Cabinet Secretaries reiterating need for human rights analysis of “vaccine passports”

Commission writes to Cabinet Secretaries reiterating need for human rights analysis of “vaccine passports” Thursday 23 September 2021

Submission: Consultation on Revised Codes of Practice for Covert Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources

The Commission has made a response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000: Revised Codes of Practice for Cover Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources. Monday 17 March 2014