A response from the Scottish Government following a joint letter on Restraint and Seclusion from the the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Children and Young People's Commissioner, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, The Promise Scotland and Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is an international human rights agreement written by and for disabled people. The Commission works with its sister national human rights organisations in the UK, and civil society organisations, to monitor its implementation in Scotland.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has lodged a report with the United Nations (UN) highlighting a series of issues affecting children’s human rights in Scotland. The report has been submitted to a review taking place in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has said that a move towards a UK Bill... of the recommendations.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission was one of two Scottish members of the Advisory Panel to the Commission.
The SHRC is also the Chair of the European Group of National Human Rights... human rights in countries across Europe.
Professor Miller said: “The Report, although predictably inconclusive, reveals the Commission as out of touch with the progressive direction of travel of human
Letter to the Convenor of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill 2025.
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