The Commission's Research Officer, Alison Hosie, has recently written a blog for the Health and Human Rights Journal. Read her blog post on Contributing to the Accountability Web: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions and Sustainable Development Goals.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the new Scottish Parliament’s Scotland Bill Committee in respect of the proposed amendment to the Scotland Bill (the Bill), in particular clause 23 of the Bill (Implementation of international obligations).
Written response to The Scottish Parliament in relation to Petition PE1667: Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to conduct a wide review of Scottish mental health and incapacity legislation and, when doing so, to take due account of recent developments in international human rights law.
A letter to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Commission's report to the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO). This letter was also sent to the Minister for Victims and Community Safety; and the Criminal Justice Committee.
An accessible Word version of our joint report with the National Preventive Mechanism, "Review...recommend...repeat: An assessment of where human rights have stalled in places of detention".
This report is part of our Spotlight Project on absolute rights in places of detention.
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