plan for the Council.
Professor Angela O’Hagan, Chair of the Scottish HumanRights Commission, says:
“Cultural life for Scotland’s Gypsy Traveller community is a human right and is protected in international humanrights law.
“Access to appropriate housing without discrimination is protected by several international humanrights treaties to which the UK is a party, for example, the United Nations....
The Scottish HumanRights Commission is therefore concerned by the findings of the Scottish Housing
action to put humanrights at heart of inquiry.
28 October 2022
Statement: Commission welcomes...
News article: Commission flags humanrights implications of coronavirus emergency laws
2 April 2020... and HumanRights Committee (EHRiC) with the Equality and HumanRights Commission (EHRC) and the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS)
News article: Scottish equality and human... article: Scottish equality and humanrights bodies welcome inquiry into implications of Covid-19
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There are three nationalhumanrights institutions in the UK – the Scottish HumanRights Commission...The Scottish HumanRights Commission has today called for an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill which would clarify the law around the HumanRights Act and publicly funded home care and healthcare services.
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 clarified that the HumanRights Act extends... as to the application of the HumanRights Act to home care or private healthcare services. Essentially the law
The Commission's Research Officer, Alison Hosie, has recently written a blog for the Health and HumanRights Journal. Read her blog post on Contributing to the Accountability Web: The Role of NationalHumanRights Institutions and Sustainable Development Goals.
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