The Scottish Human Rights Commission has raised nearly 200 human rights concerns in its latest... Government to amend the Human Rights Act.
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
"Civil... to justice. Everyone has these rights, as set out in international human rights treaties. In reality... Nations Human Rights Committee is expected to consider the Commission’s report in March, as part...
Notes to Editors:
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body
On Thursday 20 June at a Human Rights InterAction event in Glasgow survivors of historic child....
This process, facilitated by the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Centre for Excellence... historic abuse.
Professor Monica McWilliams, former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human... the problem of the ”time bar” in bringing civil actions.
Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Scottish Human.... This follows best practice in international human rights law.”
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission is developing its Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. To help us set our priorities and improve how we work, we would like to hear from people and organisations from across Scotland’s diverse communities.
This consultation document describes the Commission, its powers and duties, and some of the main work we have done since 2008. It sets out three questions to help... far, including progress on Scotland’s National Action Plan on Human Rights;
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee Stage 1 Report on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill.
Following the Bill’s introduction in June 2014, the Commission submitted evidence to the Committee highlighting the Bill’s potential impact on people’s human rights. We recommended a series of actions including encouraging greater use of Advance Statements; developing an opt-in approach to nominating Named Persons
In the fourth and final year of Scotland's first National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP), we are inviting interested parties to tender for a contract to develop and deliver a nationwide participatory process culminating in a large scale event on or near December 10th 2017 (International Human Rights Day).
SNAP has engaged groups and organisations across Scotland in many different ways to achieve a range of outcomes (see our year 3 Report). One of the main aims of this final year
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