Submission: Police Reform in Scotland

The Commission calls for human rights to be embedded in to reforms of police services in Scotland in a consultation submission. Thursday 08 March 2012

Joint statement from UK NHRIs on ECHR

Joint statement from EHRC, NIHRC and SHRC on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Wednesday 18 March 2026

Scottish Parliament's Welfare Reform Committee publishes Interim Report on 'Bedroom Tax'

the development period of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights. Chair of the Commission Professor Alan... tenants’ human rights.” Under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 a charge on under-occupation by working age... measures - at least in part - do not comply with the Government’s human rights obligations, and that they are, in part, likely to breach the human rights of some of the people who are affected. Reflecting... assessment; on the Human Rights Act 1998, with regard to what is called the right to a possession Wednesday 15 June 2016

Scotland’s Budget: Progress, pressures and the cost of standing still

and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement (EFSBS) through the lenses of human rights, the National... with Budget 24-25 by Dr Alison Hosie, Research Officer at the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Scotland... in key areas of social support. For a government committed to human rights, this budget represents both... human rights standards. Inflation further squeezes allocations, with real-term cuts in education... approach that falls short Scotland’s human rights commitments demand transformative action Tuesday 07 January 2025

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