, Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission said:
“The Commission welcomes... 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 in dignity... is different but international human rights, allied with the new Sustainable Development Goals, give... – 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... to have the final word and if need be, breach the dignity and rights of the population is simply
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... for a preliminary best interests test before children and young people can exercise their rights... Rights Commission and the Children & Young People’s Commissioner Scotland on these matters
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today led calls from its network of sister Commissions... of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), the Commission has written to all its members within the EU, urging them to demand their governments “step up to meet in full their human rights... enshrined in international human rights treaties, the letter calls for action by governments to uphold their human rights obligations when it comes to rescue operations, emergency relocation
The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the Inquiry Report of the Health and Sport Committee into the Regulation of Care for Older People and the Scottish Government’s response.
The Committee makes a number of recommendations for areas of improvement which will enhance the accountability....
Of particular importance to the Commission is that the Committee recognises that a human rights framework... embeds equality and human rights for service users.
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