The Commission works on a wide range of humanrights issues that affect people in Scotland. These pages give more details of projects that the Commission has worked on across different areas.
These projects give insight into the realisation of rights in practice in Scottish society.
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The Scottish HumanRights Commission (SHRC) is deeply concerned about the impact of announcements... will have a direct effect on the humanrights of those disabled people in Scotland who are unable..., which holds governments around the world to account for their record on humanrights, warned..., the UK Government is not only disregarding the expert findings and recommendations of humanrights... international humanrights law, particularly its duty to progressively realise the rights to social
of the Scottish HumanRights Commission, said that debates about withdrawing from the European Convention on HumanRights are "on the wrong side of history".
Describing recent proposals to repeal the HumanRights Act and withdraw from the European Convention on HumanRights as a "Westminster bubble debate", Professor Miller said, "The European Court of HumanRights is now providing judgments which... to have the final word and if need be, breach the dignity and rights of the population is simply
the UK in clear breach of its obligations under international humanrights and refugee law.
The Bill has been widely condemned by humanrights experts domestically and internationally, including by the United Nations High Commissioner for HumanRights and the United Nations High Commissioner... Government, threatening the functioning and credibility of the international humanrights system.
While... of refugees in Scotland are within the Scottish Parliament’s remit. We join humanrights campaigners
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