What are Spotlight Projects?
Our Spotlight Projects shine a light on key human rights issues in Scotland which are of particular concern to the Commission and take a deeper look at how best to address them.
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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.
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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
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