The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, expressing concerns about Clause 17 and the Schedule to the Bill. The Bill is being debated in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 29 October.
Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Commission, notes the Commission's concerns regarding the "approach to assessing capacity and the requirement... in relation to this matter and we share the concerns that have been raised by the Equality and Human
Members of the Scottish Parliament will discuss the Regulation of Care for Older People in a debate tomorrow (Wednesday 7 March).
The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the debate in the Scottish Parliament, and has sent a briefing note to all MSPs highlighting key human rights considerations ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing in Word format.
The Health and Sport Committee has already made a number of recommendations for areas of improvement which will enhance the accountability
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today welcomed the publication of the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, a Members Bill which would remove the defence of 'justifiable assault' in relation to physical punishment of children.
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
"This Bill is a welcome opportunity to make progress on this important human rights issue for children in Scotland. The Commission has been reporting this to the United Nations for many years
football grounds. In this briefing, the Commission highlights some of the key human rights... recommendations in this briefing to ensure that any use of vaccine certification is compliant with human
Our model of ESC rights monitoring brings us closer to the communities to directly bear witness to their human rights concerns. We use this model to build a picture of economic social and cultural rights realisation across Scotland.
In each area, we meet with human rights defenders, community groups and duty bearers to inform our research. Our reports chart the state of ESC rights in that area - allowing us and others to track progress or deterioration of rights - and make specific
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