Prisoner voting ruling - commentary

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has noted the decision by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today in Scoppola v. Italy (no 3).  The UK was required to introduce legislation... blanket ban on prisoner voting breaches the European Convention on Human Rights. The judgment does....” The full judgment from the European Court of Human Rights is online here.... on prisoner voting rights. However in November 2011 Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC appeared in person Sunday 19 June 2016

Own-name legal action

The SHRC has the power to start legal proceedings in its own name where we consider that a public authority has unlawfully failed to comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (“UNCRC”). The UNCRC has been incorporated into the Scottish domestic legal system by the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (“UNCRC Act”). The UNCRC Act makes the rights of children part... the Commission only has this power in relation to the rights contained in the UNCRC Act. Monday 13 October 2025

Toolkit: Measuring Change on Ending Institutionalisation in Scotland

A toolkit to help Human Rights Defenders to measure change on deinstitutionalisation, using human rights indicators. Thursday 30 January 2025

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What the project aimed to do

This project is a step toward filling the gaps in human rights data and making sure that rural and island communities have their economic, social, and cultural rights met. We aimed to bear witness... awareness of human rights issues in these areas with decision-makers and to highlight the need for a geographically-specific approach to Scottish law and policy. This project also piloted our new human rights monitoring model which brings us closer to local communities and their human rights concerns. See Wednesday 26 June 2024