The Commission has made a statement in response to the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s Seventh Periodic Review of the UK’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The human rights movement rests on the recognition that people are not mere recipients of welfare, goodwill or charity but holders of rights. Freedom from hunger and access to sufficient, nutritious food are at the heart of the right to food.
Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) is the first action plan for human rights to be developed in any part of the UK. The year two report gives details on what has been achieved in SNAP's second year.
The Commission worked with the Human Rights Consortium Scotland to hold a series of workshops with civil society organisations and grassroots groups. This research was used to support the Commission's submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of human rights in the UK.
Joint letter from the Children and Young People's Commissioner, the Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, The Promise Scotland and the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland to Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers on Restraint and Seclusion.
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