The Scottish Human Rights Commission strongly welcomes the full protection of the rights... significantly strengthens the human rights of children and young people. It puts children’s rights... the international human rights treaties in the world. The preamble to the treaty sets out... that affect them.
“This is the first time that international human rights laws have been given.... The legislation also paves the way for the further incorporation of other international human rights treaties
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is deeply concerned about the impact of announcements... will have a direct effect on the human rights of those disabled people in Scotland who are unable..., which holds governments around the world to account for their record on human rights, warned..., the UK Government is not only disregarding the expert findings and recommendations of human rights... international human rights law, particularly its duty to progressively realise the rights to social
The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the debate today (2 February 2012) in the Scottish Parliament on Prison Visiting Committees.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is the National Human Rights Institution for Scotland and is part of the National Preventative Mechanism (NPM) under... service for prisons, but considers that this should run alongside the human rights protections... the protection of human rights for all of the people in Scotland.
A joint statement in response to the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill (the "Bill") has been issued this morning by The Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations... enshrining international human rights standards in Scots law.
"The effect of the retention... pace with progressive new EU developments reflect the substance of the Scotland Declaration on Human
as an intervener in the permission to appeal which we believe raises important issues about the protection of human... for the protection of human rights in public services. The Commission notes the Court of Session’s interpretation of case law on the application of the Human Rights Act in the context of contracted out services... in practice, the state (including Scottish public bodies) should make human rights obligations... and the Secretary of State for the Home Department setting out its analysis and concerns about the human
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