The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today welcomed the publication of the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, a Members Bill which would remove the defence of 'justifiable assault' in relation to physical punishment of children.
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
"This Bill is a welcome opportunity to make progress on this important human rights issue for children in Scotland. The Commission has been reporting this to the United Nations for many years
football grounds. In this briefing, the Commission highlights some of the key human rights... recommendations in this briefing to ensure that any use of vaccine certification is compliant with human
By Professor Angela O’Hagan, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission.
I had the privilege... as Perth and Kinross.
Monitoring team
Our expert human rights monitoring team on this Spotlight project... on them and the realisation of their human rights.
As I explain in the podcast, with colleagues from the University of Stirling Human Rights Journal, the SHRC will use the evidence to publish a report... will also assess the impact on the relevant human rights and legal understandings of forced assimilation
that Professor Alan Miller, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC), regards Westminster.... "It is relatively isolated in Europe in its attitude towards human rights," he says.
Seven days earlier... a government that has vowed to scrap the Human Rights Act, merely exacerbates Miller's frustration. "It's an example of something that will not be done because to do it would be contrary to human rights... chair exudes a sense of pride over Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights - a UK first which
and input, given the serious human rights considerations arising from the pandemic.
The Commission monitored and drew attention to a range of human rights issues during the immediate pandemic... to incorporating a wide-ranging set of international human rights directly into Scots law.
We also welcomed... an informed discourse around human rights in the media, social media and within the Scottish Parliament... experience of human rights in our work.
As the year drew to a close, the Commission was pleased
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