For more information:
The final report from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (May 2019) and our response (May 2019)
Commission report, Models of Incorporation and Justiciability for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, authored by Dr Katie Boyle... responds to the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in Holyrood... on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Call for Evidence (Sept 2018)
The Adequate Standard of Living
The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes Police Scotland’s announcement that armed police officers will now only be deployed to firearms incidents or where there is a threat to life. However, we remain of the view that decisions of this kind are not simply an operational matter for Police Scotland. Changes to police policies and practices that increase the presence of lethal weapons... for Human Rights, to embed better protection of human rights within police structures and culture.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the historic debate on Climate Justice... - putting human rights at the centre of our response to climate change.
It also welcomes... human rights at the heart of a meaningful response to the increasingly urgent issue of climate change... by the Parliament to focus on a human rights centred approach to address the legal, policy and practical... change has adverse implications for the full enjoyment of human rights, and international human rights
SNAP: Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights
12 December 201710am - 4pm
Doubletree Hilton, 36 Cambridge St, Glasgow G2 3HN
This National Participation Event will mark International Human Rights Day 2017 and the end of SNAP's first four years. It will bring together people and organisations from around Scotland to reflect on SNAP's successes and challenges, guide what comes next... with lived experience of challenges when it comes to accessing their human rights. It is also open
awareness of Scottish human rights issues with a wide, global audience.
This week, a small team from the Commission is at the United Nations in Geneva to raise some of our key concerns about human...) Pre-Sessions” – a chance to talk about Scotland’s performance on human rights with partners from around the world, including other National Human Rights Institutions like us (NHRIs) and non... opportunity to strengthen our ties with the international human rights community and talk to them about
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