Briefing: The Right to Food and COVID-19

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published a briefing on The Right to Food in Scotland during COVID-19. The briefing explains how COVID-19 has affected the right to food, exacerbating already high levels of food insecurity in Scotland. Despite the large-scale mobilisation of communities and civil society to meet need, emergency community-based provision is not a rights based approach for the long-term. Friday 03 July 2020

Re-election to Chair European Network

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has been unanimously re-elected to the role of Chair of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) for a further three years. The European... voted into the role of Secretary of the International Co-ordinating Committee of National Human Rights.... Accredited ombudsmen and commissions with “A status” – including the Scottish Human Rights Commission - have access to the United Nations human rights system, including speaking rights at the Human Rights Wednesday 15 June 2016

Adequate Standard of Living

Poverty and Human Rights (May 2019) and our response (May 2019) Commission report, Models of Incorporation and Justiciability for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, authored by Dr Katie Boyle... responds to the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in Holyrood... on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Call for Evidence (Sept 2018) The Adequate Standard of Living... 2016) The Commission hosted a national conference on Putting the Justice into Social Justice. Read Thursday 03 August 2017

Tender opportunity

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 Sunday 19 June 2016

What the project aimed to do

What the project aimed to do This project is the latest in a programme of work which touches on issues relating to access to justice. In this spotlight, we have decided to look directly at barriers to accessing justice for different rights and groups. This project looks at: Access to justice for economic, social, cultural and environmental rights Mapping human rights-related advice and advocacy services in Scotland Access to justice for prisoners Access to justice in community-based social Wednesday 03 July 2024