In response to the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the case, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers

Please note: This document is superseded by our August 2025 statement in response to the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland vs The Scottish Ministers ______________________________________ A spokesperson for the Scottish Human Rights Commission said: “The Commission has previously highlighted the lack of clarity around legal, policy, and practice matters in respect of women's rights and the implications of this on the human rights of women and transgender people." “We will now take Wednesday 16 April 2025

General briefings, statements and letters

News article: Commission flags human rights implications of coronavirus emergency laws 2 April 2020... and Human Rights Committee (EHRiC) with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC... rights bodies join together in call for inquiry into implications of Covid-19   27 April 2020 News article: Scottish equality and human rights bodies welcome inquiry into implications of Covid-19 28 April 2020 Letter to Equalities and Human Rights Committee on COVID-19 Emergency Legislation  18 May Tuesday 09 May 2023

Open letter: Statement of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions on the Syrian refugee crisis – January 2014

Open letter: Statement of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions on the Syrian refugee crisis – January 2014 Tuesday 21 January 2014

Commission is hiring a new Head of Strategy and Legal

’s national human rights institution. Independent and authoritative in our legal and policy analysis... an experienced, knowledgeable and skilled human rights professional the exciting prospect of taking the promotion and protection of human rights in Scotland to the next level. This will involve providing support and direction to a small team of human rights legal, research and policy experts, building... at a senior level nationally and with peers in the international human rights system and playing Wednesday 15 June 2016

Reflection - Nelson Mandela

Professor Alan Miller said: "The Scottish Human Rights Commission pays tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela and will continue to draw inspiration from his commitment to universal human rights... with all of our sister national human rights institutions around the world, including our close colleagues in the South African Human Rights Commission, to carry on his legacy and strive to build a world... Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights here. Wednesday 15 June 2016