The Commission invites interested parties to submit applications for a small scale research project to support the human rights component of NHS Health Scotland’s Health Inequalities Impact Assessment work.
The purpose of the work is to produce an output of around six case studies, or practice examples, which asses the human rights impacts of selected policies, legislation or strategies and develop supporting guidance where necessary.
Read the Tender Document and apply.
The deadline
Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) is recruiting for members for the SNAP...-chaired by the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Scottish Government. Members will work together as equals to finalise, launch and oversee Scotland’s next National Action Plan for Human Rights... experience of human rights issues in Scotland (“rights holders”) (around 13 people)
Senior decision... and experiences are encouraged to apply, alongside rights holders who identify as belonging to one or more
In 2024, we jointly commissioned research with the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) to map the landscape in order to gain a better understanding of the availability, distribution, and focus of services offering human rights-related advice and advocacy in Scotland.
We used our research findings to create the two functional maps below which chart advice and advocacy services across a range of human rights-related issues.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the passing of the Scottish Biometrics...:
“This is a significant step in developing better protection for people’s human rights in the area... complies with human rights standards. The Commission has previously raised concerns about the lack of legislative framework in this area, contributed evidence to Parliament on the human rights issues... are pleased that our contribution to this process has been reflected in human rights standards
is being continually eroded, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have said.
The warning comes ahead of a UN examination of the UK’s track record on disabled people’s rights today.
After years of cuts... rights highlighted in a report from the UK’s national human rights and equality commissions.
Other... on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva. The same Committee last year judged that changes to social security had led to ‘grave and systematic violations’ of disabled people’s rights
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