Many human rights are affected by the justice system including the right to a fair trial, the right to an effective remedy, the rights of victims and witnesses in legal proceedings, access to legal advice and legal aid. Access to justice is also an important human rights issue, particularly for disabled people, victims of domestic abuse and violence, asylum seekers and people with mental health problems.
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has today hosted a crucial session of European National Human Rights Institutions in Belfast. The Scottish Human Rights Commission currently chairs... Nations High Commissioner's Report on the Strengthening of the Human Rights Treaty Body System. Senior... of a country's human rights situation and sets targeted recommendations for improvement. It also raises awareness of human rights across government departments and galvanizes civil society. Human rights
The Scottish Human Rights Commission warmly welcomes the Scottish Parliament’s nomination of Ian... said:
“The Commission is proud to be Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution, accredited with A Status within the United Nations human rights system. We very much look forward to welcoming Ian... it comes to strengthening the laws that protect everyone’s rights, and then ensuring these laws... forward to our new Chair joining us to lead our work to promote and protect everyone’s rights
The Commission has published a briefing on the progress of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill").
You can read it on the Publications page of our website.
Our position on the Bill is clear. We believe the suggested reforms support best practice in human rights.
As Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution, the Commission promotes and protects everyone’s human rights. We recognise the range of views and strength of debate on this issue. We now await the decision
What the project aimed to do
This project is the latest in a programme of work which touches on issues relating to access to justice.
In this spotlight, we have decided to look directly at barriers to accessing justice for different rights and groups. This project looks at:
Access to justice for economic, social, cultural and environmental rights
Mapping human rights-related advice and advocacy services in Scotland
Access to justice for prisoners
Access to justice in community-based social
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