right to privacy, which is protected by Article 8 of the Human Rights Act.
"We will be giving full... concerned to ensure that any use of this practice complies fully with human rights laws and standards..., it addresses our concerns about the human rights implications of this practice. We will share our
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, raising ongoing concerns about the management of COVID-19 in Scotland's prisons... the rights of people who live and work in Scotland's prisons.
"Given the prison population is now... provided to enable us to have confidence that people's rights are being adequately respected and protected across the prison estate."
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Notes to Editors
1. The Commission's previous correspondence
A Human Rights Based Approach to Health
The Commission works with others to help put human rights at the heart of health and social care services in Scotland.
From 2013 to 2018, we played an active role in the Health and Social Care Action Group, convened through Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights.
As part of this, we worked with NHS Health Scotland and the Health and Social Care Alliance to produce a series of case studies illustrating human rights in practice in health
on human rights budget scrutiny through a What? Why? How? Human Rights Budget Scrutiny event on 15... of a background briefing paper on human rights budgeting and budget analysis which details how....
A letter to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament on its... rights budgeting is a powerful tool for change
The Time to Introduce Human Rights Budgeting for Scottish Councils is Now
We Need Human Rights Based Taxation to Help Scotland Build Back
Making Rights Real
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has achieved the top grade of international accreditation as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) for the third time.
This awarded “A Status” from the Global Alliance of NHRIs and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights... rights. The Commission is one of over 100 National Human Rights Institutions around the globe.
The decision was made by a Committee of National Human Rights Institutions from around the world
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