The Commission works on a wide range of human rights issues that affect people in Scotland. These pages give more details of projects that the Commission has worked on across different areas.
These projects give insight into the realisation of rights in practice in Scottish society.
The UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM) under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has written to the UK Government calling on it to take action to tackle the violations of disabled people's human rights arising from changes to the welfare system, highlighted in a recent... for Disabled People, Health and Work.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human... commitment to put respect for human dignity at the heart of its approach to social security and drawing
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has warmly welcomed the vision and calls to action set out in If not, now, when?, the report published today by the Social Renewal Advisory Board.
Human rights are at the heart of the Board’s vision for a more equal, just and progressive Scotland... 11, which calls for the incorporation of international human rights instruments into Scots law... the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Human rights, protected in law and made real in practice, are central to achieving
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
The Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission will shortly release an opportunity for organisations, or partnerships of organisations, to lead an inclusive project on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The goals of the project will be to raise awareness of the Convention and its monitoring processes among disabled people and their organisations, as well as delivering a Scottish civil society shadow report to the Committee which
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