Every person has the right to live independently, where they choose and with the people they choose. Some disabled people need support to do this, and they have the right to access local support which gives them choice and control in their lives.
For some people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in Scotland, choices that allow them to live in their community are not available. Instead, they may end up having to move far away from home to receive support or be admitted
of people traffickers, not only deserve our help and support – they have a humanright to it and to seek.../programmes/b0074hkd
An open letter to the EU was sent on behalf of the European Group of National Human... to resolve the refugee crisis and respect human rights in this news release from Sunday 13 September... the Scottish Human Rights commission to churches, faith groups, community groups, charities... response and level of compassion that defines Scotland’s reaction to this human catastrophe.”
The Scottish
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified international human... the CRC in December 1991.
Article 1 defines a child as “every human being below the age of eighteen..., the Scottish Human Rights Commission takes care to avoid duplication of effort.
For the most recent review... a detailed range of human rights concerns relevant to the Convention.
We also submitted brief additional... people and the right to a healthy environment.
Civil Society Engagement
Civil society has
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