Ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March, the Scottish Human Rights Commission... and undermine Scotland's compliance with international human rights obligations in this area.
The Istanbul Convention is the human rights agreement to stop violence against women in Europe, ratified... of Europe is also available on our website.
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Notes for Editors:
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body with a mandate to promote and protect human rights in Scotland
A spokesperson for the Scottish Human Rights Commission said:
“The Commission has previously highlighted the lack of clarity around legal, policy, and practice matters in respect of women's rights and the implications of this on the human rights of women and transgender people."
“We will now take time to consider the Supreme Court’s judgment and the implications of this ruling.”
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The Commission works on a wide range of human rights issues that affect people in Scotland. These pages give more details of our work in different areas.
As part of Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights, the Commission, with a number of stakeholders and the Scottish Government. has started a process for the development of an Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in Scotland.
Both the European Union and the United Nations have called... is the Scotland’s National Baseline Assessment on Business and Human Rights which is the basis... priorities in relation to business and human rights.
This project is a step toward filling the gaps in human rights data and making sure that rural and island communities have their economic, social, and cultural rights met.
We aimed to bear witness... awareness of human rights issues in these areas with decision-makers and to highlight the need for a geographically-specific approach to Scottish law and policy.
This project also piloted our new human rights monitoring model which brings us closer to local communities and their human rights concerns. See
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