HumanRights Commission is calling on the Government to take action to incorporate the right to food...The human right to food should be put into law in Scotland to protect people from rising food... international humanrights law defines the right to food as well as government obligations... the Scottish Government showing humanrights leadership in a practical way. Bringing this kind of law..., Social and Cultural Rights.
"We have the opportunity in Scotland to take a rights based approach
Joint letter from the Children and Young People's Commissioner, the Scottish HumanRights Commission, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, The Promise Scotland and the Equality and HumanRights Commission Scotland to Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers on Restraint and Seclusion.
A joint letter to Scottish Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers on restraint and seclusion from the Scottish HumanRights Commission, the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, the Equality and HumanRights Commission Scotland and The Promise Scotland.
We know that people can experience problems when it comes to their own humanrights. Our Help with HumanRights leaflet gives details of organisations and services that may be able to help you, if you have a humanrights problem. It is also available in Word and Easy Read format.
Please note that the Scottish HumanRights Commission does not handle complaints, or provide a help service...) of the Scottish Commission for HumanRights Act 2006 explains this.
When the Scottish Parliament set
A PDF version of our joint report with the National Preventive Mechanism, "Review...recommend...repeat: An assessment of where humanrights have stalled in places of detention".
This report is part of our Spotlight Project on absolute rights in places of detention.
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