What we did

This project aims to check whether the Coming Home plan is making a difference to disabled people’s human rights. We used human rights measurement, which is a way of checking how well human rights are happening in real life. It takes the ideas of human rights and turns them into things we can count or look for. It shows what is being done and what is not being done.  We did this in two ways: Thursday 04 July 2024

What we have done so far 2

economic, social and cultural rights in the Highlands and Islands. The report used the information we gathered during those visits - as well as desk-based research and analysis of human rights... for understanding human rights in the region. Some of the most critical issues that we found are the apparent... to housing, the right to health, and the right to cultural life. Across all rights examined, there is not a single human right that meets all the conditions of adequacy under international law. This means Thursday 21 November 2024

Scottish Government response to letter on Restraint and Seclusion

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. Monday 29 January 2024

Your Rights

Your Rights Thursday 16 July 2020

A year of contrasts: Annual Report 2021-22

. Like many other public bodies in Scotland, the Scottish Human Rights Commission publishes an annual... state of human rights in Scotland. This year’s Annual Report highlights a year of contrasts... varies across Scotland. Scotland’s human rights record The Scottish Human Rights Commission also works internationally. The UK, including Scotland, will be reviewed on its human rights record... in common. Every person in Scotland, from the day they are born, has legally enforceable human rights Monday 31 October 2022