The Commission welcomes reports that the UK government has decided to pause progress on replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 with a “Bill of Rights”.
Ian Duddy, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights..., the independence of Scottish and UK courts, and the human rights protections available to us all.
"We hope... Convention on Human Rights, which has served us well for over 60 years.
"Any future reform must include...."
Read more about the Commission's work to defend the Human Rights Act on our dedicated Human Rights
Why we are spotlighting this issue
In Scotland, our human rights are protected by international and domestic law. These laws should help to prevent breaches of our rights and provide us with routes to access justice when things go wrong.
Yet too often, people in Scotland are experiencing human rights denials and facing barriers that prevent them from accessing justice.
The journey to access justice for human rights breaches can be long, complicated, and expensive, requiring rights holders
This work has been informed by the commitment in our Strategic Plan 2024-28 to hold public bodies to account where human rights are not upheld, and help them to do better.
State of the Nation reports aim to support the Scottish Parliament and other public bodies to understand and meet their obligations under human rights law. At the national level, monitoring is essential to progress... be useful to civil society, human rights defenders and rights holders in Scotland.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today laid its fourth Strategic Plan at the Scottish Parliament, covering the period 2020-2024.
The Plan sets out four strategic priorities for the Commission's work over the next four years. These are:
Progressing understanding and strengthening legal protection of economic, social and cultural rights
Strengthening accountability for meeting human rights obligations
Building wider ownership of human rights
Advancing best practice locally
for appointment as the new Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission’s role is to promote widespread awareness, understanding of, and respect for, human rights... are committed to promoting and protecting human rights issues and have senior management experience. Ms... Human Rights Institution (NHRI) for Scotland. NHRls are independent organisations established by law, to promote and protect human rights. The Commission is one of over 100 NHRls around the world
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