The Scottish HumanRights Commission has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, raising ongoing concerns about the management of COVID-19 in Scotland's prisons... the rights of people who live and work in Scotland's prisons.
"Given the prison population is now... and work in Scotland’s prisons.
Read the full letter, which has also been copied to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland.
Judith Robertson
Our Commissioner, Professor Alan Miller, recently gave a presentation to the UN in his role as Secretary of the International Coordinating Committee of NationalHumanRights Institutions (NHRIs) on "Why the United Nations New York based processes need NHRIs – with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals”.
In May 2009 the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the progress made by the UK in realising the humanrights protected by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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