The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today welcomed an announcement by the Justice Secretary... for an end to the use of non-statutory stop and search by Police Scotland because of the human rights... rights based approach to policing can help to rebuild public trust and strengthen policing across Scotland.”
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body with a remit to promote and protect human rights for everyone in Scotland. It is accredited
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Scottish Government’s latest commitments... rights based approach. Such an approach will be vital to the Inquiry’s success and the Commission... accountability for progress in the years to come, as part of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights.”
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body with a statutory remit to promote and protect all human rights for everyone in Scotland. The Commission
In September 2021 we submitted a joint statement on peaceful protest to the UN Human Rights Council along with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
In September 2021 we wrote... to alter the status of the Scottish Parliament building and its grounds interferes with the rights... from the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly This focused on the role of rights to freedom... to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) paper
, Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission said:
“The Commission... that gender equality is a fundamental question of realising universal human rights.
“The First Minister rightly highlights that realising human rights is about giving everyone an equal chance to live... is different but international human rights, allied with the new Sustainable Development Goals... SNAP – Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights – a progressive approach to making human rights
of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said that debates about withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights are "on the wrong side of history".
Describing recent proposals to repeal the Human Rights Act and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights as a "Westminster bubble debate", Professor Miller said, "The European Court of Human Rights is now providing judgments which... be able to have the final word and if need be, breach the dignity and rights of the population is simply
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