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The Commission is Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution. We are set up in law to protect people’s rights...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2023-24 before the Scottish Parliament.
The report highlights our work to engage with people’s lived experiences of human rights... people in the Highlands and Islands, to explore human rights concerns in areas such as healthcare, housing and transport.
We also collaborated with human rights defenders to call for faster progress
The second map covers services relating to:
Civil justice
Criminal justice
Immigration / asylum
Detention
Equality / Discrimination
Workers’ rights
Biometrics, AI & privacy
Freedom of expression
The second map covers services relating to:
Civil justice
Criminal justice
Immigration / asylum
Detention
Equality / Discrimination
Workers’ rights
Biometrics, AI & privacy
Freedom of expression
We will produce factsheets to turn the findings of this report into guides for concrete action, and advice for individuals and families.
As Scotland's National Human Rights Institution, we aim to hold those responsible for upholding human rights to account. Our report makes nine recommendations... letter to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee in January 2026 and statement to the Human Rights Council in March 2026.
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