Written response to The Scottish Parliament in relation to Petition PE1667: Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to conduct a wide review of Scottish mental health and incapacity legislation and, when doing so, to take due account of recent developments in international human rights law.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the new Scottish Parliament’s Scotland Bill Committee in respect of the proposed amendment to the Scotland Bill (the Bill), in particular clause 23 of the Bill (Implementation of international obligations).
Two new part-time Commissioners have been appointed to the Scottish Human Rights Commission... and human rights.
Following an open appointment process by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate... leadership in the third sector, with a career dedicated to advancing legal rights and embedding human....
Professor Angela O’Hagan, Chair of the Commission says:
"The Scottish Human Rights Commission is delighted... to the Scottish Human Rights Commission in addressing the pressing need to ensure real changes in access
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (link to Home page in English) is a sister National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) to the SHRC, and is recognised by the United Nations as an "A status" NHRI. The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights is part of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions.
The PICHR have made the following statement... High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the conflict see this page.
19 November 2012
The Palestinian
Nations specialist on human rights is visiting Scotland this week to highlight ways to strengthen... to a meeting of civil society organisations how Scotland could do more to improve its human rights... relies on civil society and national human rights institutions to provide them with information... November and is being organised by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. The event is being carried out as part of the Commission's work on monitoring and reporting on international human rights treaties
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