The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the proposals put forward in the Carers (Scotland) Bill towards enhancing carers’ rights.
In evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee, the Commission welcomes the Bill’s proposals as a means of enhancing carers’ rights to access support, as well as ensuring that carers are aware of their rights to do so.
Cathy Asante, Legal Officer for the Commission, said:
“The current Bill is a positive step towards making human rights
Miller to the role of Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission.
Dave Stewart MSP moved the re... in the Chamber: “The creation of the Scottish Human Rights Commission by this very Parliament in 2006... for the powerless, the poor and the dispossessed. The Scottish Human Rights Commission has been a success story... on the status of national institutions, which brings with it international recognition and speaking rights at the Human Rights Council and other UN bodies. In 2011, Scotland was elected chair
The Commission worked with the Human Rights Consortium Scotland to hold a series of workshops with civil society organisations and grassroots groups. This research was used to support the Commission's submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of human rights in the UK.
Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) is the first action plan for human rights to be developed in any part of the UK. The year two report gives details on what has been achieved in SNAP's second year.
The human rights movement rests on the recognition that people are not mere recipients of welfare, goodwill or charity but holders of rights. Freedom from hunger and access to sufficient, nutritious food are at the heart of the right to food.
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