submission to the Committee examining the UK’s record on womens’ rights. We are pleased to see that the Committee reflects many of our recommendations on how to advance women's rights in Scotland.
In its... human rights institutions and Scottish civil society. These included: Violence against Women, the impact... assess the impact of the reforms to legal aid on the protection of women’s rights.
Expand... to address these issues through Scotland’s National Action plan for Human Rights along with the other
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published its BSL Plan for 2018-2024. The Plan has been published in BSL and English.
The human rights set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons... to realising the rights of BSL users including those who use the tactile form of the language..., written or spoken English is not their first or second language.
Our BSL Plan sets out how... in the Commission's public participation processes
Ensure that any new information we produce about human rights
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed new recommendations published by a United Nations Committee to help Scotland improve its human rights record in relation to torture, cruel, inhuman...:
maintaining the current level of human rights protection provided by the Human Rights Act and incorporation of the Convention into national law.
addressing prison conditions.
implementing a better..., and by trained law enforcement personnel only, and expressly prohibiting their use on children and pregnant
, said:
“Human rightslaw establishes that everyone has the right to life. In practice, this means...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee... concerns about the right to life.”
Notes
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body with a statutory remit to promote and protect all human rights for everyone in Scotland. The Commission is accredited as an ‘A Status’ national human rights institution within the UN system
to the right to social security as outlined in international human rightslaw when implementing...The Scottish Human Rights Commission, with the support of a range of leading civil society... Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR for short. Guidance has also been provided... and realising human rights. We look forward to the Committee’s debate and hope that Scotland’s parliamentarians will take the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to progressing human rights.”
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