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The right to life, which requires that everyone’s life shall be protected by law. This right is protected by Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights and repeated across United Nations (UN.... This right is protected by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights and repeated... at Scotland's progress in meeting the recommendations put forward by human rights bodies to progress protections on absolute rights in places of detention.
The report focuses on two specific places of detention
In May 2009 the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the progress made by the UK in realising the human rightsprotected by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
We worked with human rights defenders on a participation project called Measuring Change to co-create two tools for people with learning disabilities, autistic people and people who support them.
Short film
A short film of the human rights defenders we worked with, sharing their experiences of institutionalisation and what action they would like to see. Watch it here, or on our YouTube channel. BSL translation included.
and national human rightslaw and treaties. It is the job of NHRIs to use the rule of law to promote... of the state on that basis. This is how the Scottish Human Rights Commission approaches its work.
...Who we are
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is Scotland’s human rights watchdog.
We..., and speak up for all our rights and respond when things go wrong. We are a public body created by statute, with a mandate to protect and promote the human rights of all people in Scotland
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