Call for amendment to Health & Social Care Bill

There are three national human rights institutions in the UK – the Scottish Human Rights Commission...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today called for an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill which would clarify the law around the Human Rights Act and publicly funded home care and healthcare services. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 clarified that the Human Rights Act extends... as to the application of the Human Rights Act to home care or private healthcare services. Essentially the law Sunday 19 June 2016

PANEL principles

We promote a human rights based approach, following the PANEL principles Friday 18 March 2016

Commission reports to Council of Europe on European Social Charter

Rights in Scotland” in 2012 and led to the development of Scotland’s first National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP). This database has been further developed and updated through: a national...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has submitted a report to the Council of Europe on the UK’s... submission here (PDF). This extensive report provides a detailed analysis of key human rights issues... monitoring report focused on COVID-19, Social Care and Human Rights and our series of COVID-19 focused Tuesday 27 July 2021

Scottish prisoners get a guide to rights under the prison rules for the first time

Scottish prisoners get a guide to rights under the prison rules for the first time Thursday 31 July 2025

Joint statement welcoming intention to retain the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Scots law

Joint statement welcoming intention to retain the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Scots law Wednesday 21 March 2018