The Scottish Human Rights Commission has achieved the top grade of international accreditation as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) for the third time.
This awarded “A Status” from the Global Alliance of NHRIs and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recognises the Commission’s independence, authority and broad statutory mandate to promote and protect human rights. The Commission is one of over 100 National Human Rights Institutions around the globe
Officer
16 June 2020
Read our statement on human rights in care homes
14 July 2020
Briefing: Care homes and human rights during COVID-19 sets out the human rights framework as it applies to the issues that have arisen in the care homes
News article: Briefing: Care homes and human rights during... Advisory Group
6 October 2020
Report into human rights affected by changes to social care: COVID-19, Social Care and Human Rights: Impact Monitoring Report
Easy read version (PDF): How has
Under our founding legislation, the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006, the SHRC has a general duty to promote and encourage best practice for human rights.
An important part of this duty is monitoring how human rights are being experienced in Scotland. Independent monitoring can... independent conclusions and recommendations
As Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution, the SHRC is uniquely placed to take a big picture view of human rights, the gaps and progress. This project
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published its Annual Report for 2015-2016.
Judith... on a generally positive path when it comes to advancing human rights. Nonetheless, significant challenges... implementation of three international human rights treaties. We also continued to support a range of actions through Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights. This included pioneering work to put housing rights into practice and testing a participative approach to identifying local human rights
Access to Justice for Prisoners
To access justice for potential human rights breaches, people must first understand what their rights and entitlements are, through readily available and accessible information. One issue that our report on the complaints system highlighted for us was a lack of accessible information about rights and the law in Scottish prisons.
In response to this concern, we collaborated with Parkhead Citizens Advice Bureau to develop “Your Rights Under the Scottish Prison
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