The Scottish HumanRights Commission has noted the decision by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of HumanRights today in Scoppola v. Italy (no 3).
The UK was required to introduce legislation... blanket ban on prisoner voting breaches the European Convention on HumanRights. The judgment does....”
The full judgment from the European Court of HumanRights is online here.... on prisoner voting rights. However in November 2011 Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC appeared in person
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) protects disabled people's rights. CRPD says that institutionalisation should be replaced by personalised support in the community, chosen by the people who need it. The Scottish Government have ratified this Treaty, which means that they must take action to make this happen for disabled people in Scotland.
In the 1990s... that they should not be in. This plan is called Coming Home. The plan had a goal to do this by March 2024.
Written submission by the Northern Ireland (UK): HumanRights Commission, Great Britain: Equality and HumanRights Commission, Scotland: Scottish HumanRights Commission.
Universal Periodic Review joint statement by the UK NHRIs to the HRC 42nd session at the mid-term stage.
A joint letter to Scottish Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers on restraint and seclusion from the Scottish HumanRights Commission, the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, the Equality and HumanRights Commission Scotland and The Promise Scotland.
Joint letter from the Children and Young People's Commissioner, the Scottish HumanRights Commission, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, The Promise Scotland and the Equality and HumanRights Commission Scotland to Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers on Restraint and Seclusion.
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