The Scottish Human Rights Commission has made a submission to the Scottish Government’s... to reflect her views.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body with a statutory remit to promote and protect all human rights for everyone in Scotland. The Commission is accredited as an ‘A Status’ national human rights institution within the UN system.
Between 2012 and 2014, the Scottish Human Rights Commission and CELCIS (the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published its Annual Report for 2017-18..
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
"The Commission will mark its tenth anniversary as Scotland's National Human Rights Institution in December. As we approach this landmark, we have a strong sense of sustained momentum behind our work to promote and protect the human rights of everyone in Scotland... of human rights in Scotland. We look forward to continuing our work with all of our stakeholders
The Commission has today launched the Housing Rights in Practice: Lessons Learned from Leith report, sharing lessons learned from four years working with local people in Leith, Edinburgh, to use human rights to tackle poor housing conditions.
Using a model first developed in Belfast... improvements to their housing through using human rights. This pilot project, called Housing Rights... for other people and communities looking to use human rights to achieve change, human rights defenders
British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us directly by using Contact Scotland BSL.
Please note we do not provide advice and help to individuals about human rights concerns. Find out more.
Under our founding legislation, the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006, the Commission 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... human rights monitoring through our international treaty monitoring work, which involves assessing the impact of specific treaties and reporting our findings to international human rights bodies like
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