A report submitted to the humanrights monitoring body the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), providing evidence and analysis about the situation in Scotland, ahead of the next round of UK monitoring.
The Commission has written to all Members of the Scottish Parliament on the topic of humanrights based budgeting, highlighting recommendations made in its recent report on the Open Budget Survey for Scotland.
The Northern Ireland HumanRights Commission has today hosted a crucial session of European NationalHumanRights Institutions in Belfast. The Scottish HumanRights Commission currently chairs... future."
Chair of the European Group of NationalHumanRights Institutions Professor Alan Miller added... Nations High Commissioner's Report on the Strengthening of the HumanRights Treaty Body System. Senior... of a country's humanrights situation and sets targeted recommendations for improvement. It also raises
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The Scottish HumanRights Commission has noted the decision by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of HumanRights today in Scoppola v. Italy (no 3).
The UK was required to introduce legislation... blanket ban on prisoner voting breaches the European Convention on HumanRights. The judgment does....”
The full judgment from the European Court of HumanRights is online here..... This case followed Hirst (no 2) v UK) where the Court initially called on the UK to take action
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