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
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the expression of cultural identity.
International human rightslaw recognises that these rights might...The right to adequate housing was defined by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1991 in its General Comment 4. The right to housing means:
Legal security of tenure: everyone should be guaranteed security of tenure.
Availability of services: everyone should have available facilities and infrastructure such as drinking water, energy for cooking, heating
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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