South of Scotland
Our focus area for 2026 is the South of Scotland. In February and March 2026, we visited the South of Scotland, including Ayrshire, Cumbrae, and Arran to hear first-hand from human rights defenders on the ground about the issues facing their communities in Stranraer, Ayr, Dumfries, Kilmarnock, Hamilton, Irvine, Arran, Galashiels, Kelso, Dalkeith and Haddington.
Learn more about our work on ESC rights in the South of Scotland.
rightslaw, relating to ESC rights. Minimum core obligations are those that countries need to comply...’, the baseline economic, social and cultural rights (ESC) that help people live a life free from fear... serious human rights issues in Scotland, including high levels of food insecurity and homelessness.
We also gave evidence to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, expressing concern that the rising cost of living is putting human rights at risk in Scotland.
What is most concerning
at Glasgow Caledonian University where she created the current MSc in Human Rights and previously led the MSc in Citizenship and Human Rights. She was also Deputy Director of the WISE Centre...’Hagan has focused on integrating equality and human rights analysis in public policy, policy analysis... Scottish Governments including previously as a member of the Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory....
Professor O’Hagan has an international profile, particularly in gender and human rights budgeting
The key human rights instrument at the European level, is the European Convention on Human Rights. The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the Convention across the 46 Council of Europe member states, meaning individuals can make an application to have their case heard... level that protect and promote human rights include:
The European Social Charter
Framework... at the Council of Europe human rights portal.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is developing its Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. To help us set our priorities and improve how we work, we would like to hear from people and organisations from across Scotland’s diverse communities.
This consultation document describes the Commission, its powers and duties, and some of the main work we have done since 2008. It sets out three questions to help..., including progress on Scotland’s National Action Plan on Human Rights;
what the focus
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