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We all need food. It's a human pleasure, it's a human necessity, it's a human right.  Food is critical to each and every one us, both as individuals and as a society.  It is an essential component of the human right to an adequate standard of living, which allows each of us to live a life of dignity.   Watch our latest animation, produced in partnership with Nourish Scotland, on what the right to food means in Scotland and how we can make the right to food real for everyone.  Wednesday 20 November 2019

Land Reform

Land reform in Scotland is an important human rights issue. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 was passed in April 2016.   Why is land ownership a human rights issue? Land ownership and access... to recognise that human rights are engaged in the debate. We stressed that Scottish Ministers are empowered by the Scotland Act 1998 to observe and implement international human rights obligations.... Viewed through this broader human rights lens, land is seen as a national asset, with key questions Friday 15 July 2016

Statement to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Statement presented to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights. This was given at the 72nd Pre-Sessional Working Group on the Examination of the UK’s Compliance with the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on 8 March 2023. Tuesday 07 March 2023

Statement on the Conflict in Gaza

for effective, independent human rights monitoring and an investigation into all alleged violations of human....” The Commission strongly supports the efforts of our sister National Human Rights Institution, the Palestinian Independent Commission on Human Rights, to monitor and report on human rights violations in the area. We also fully endorse the call made by Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...The Scottish Human Rights Commission expresses its deep concern today at the continuing situation Wednesday 15 June 2016

Commission calls for extension of Fatal Accident Inquiries to mental health detention

concerns about the right to life.” Notes The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body with a statutory remit to promote and protect all human rights for everyone in Scotland. The Commission is accredited as an ‘A Status’ national human rights institution within the UN system...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee..., said: “Human rights law establishes that everyone has the right to life. In practice, this means Monday 13 June 2016