This project examined denial of the rights to cultural recognition of Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers as a human rights issue. It looks at the impact of the experiment on the community, past and present.
Our project was informed by an independently commissioned research report and an expert legal... testimony.
Our report, "No man's land": a human rights assessment of the Tinker Experiment, draws... international human rights laws and frameworks.
Throughout this project, the SHRC was committed to ensuring
and human rights. The discussion included how NHRIs can influence the outcomes of Rio+20 taking... Coordinating Committee (ICC) of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) at the United Nations in Geneva from 19 - 22 March 2012. This meeting overlapped with the 19th regular session of the Human Rights... rights institutions from all over the world.
The Commission made contributions to several sessions... and effective in the protection and promotion of human rights.
The Commission, which currently chairs
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has noted the decision by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today in Scoppola v. Italy (no 3).
The UK was required to introduce legislation... on prisoner voting rights. However in November 2011 Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC appeared in person... to enact a legislative solution to prisoner voting rights until the end of the Scoppola case, which... blanket ban on prisoner voting breaches the European Convention on Human Rights. The judgment does
General intervention
An intervention under this power requires the permission or invitation of the court. This is different to interventions under the UNCRC Act which do not require the permission or invitation of the court. The SHRC cannot use our general intervention power to intervene in criminal cases, tribunal cases, or children’s hearing proceedings. The intervention must satisfy the following three criteria:
Promote awareness and understanding of human rights
Raise a matter of public
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has expressed concerns about the Scottish Government’s proposals to end automatic early release of long-term offenders.
Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Commission, said:
“The Commission has previously expressed concerns about the human rights implications... and how that’s going to be managed.”
The Commission will be considering the proposals in more detail in the coming weeks and will offer further evidence on their human rights implications to a future
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