The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the apology from the Scottish Government to members of the Gypsy Traveller Community for the 'Tinker Experiment'. Victims of the experiment, alongside organisations like RAJPOT, have long campaigned for recognition of this issue and an apology is an important first step towards redress for historic and ongoing injustice.
We will publish our human... to engage with victims of the experiment and human rights defenders on this topic. Once completed we
We will produce factsheets to turn the findings of this report into guides for concrete action, and advice for individuals and families.
As Scotland's National Human Rights Institution, we aim to hold those responsible for upholding human rights to account. Our report makes nine recommendations for actions that the Scottish Government should take to address the gaps and ensure people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people who are living in institutions can access their right to live
The project will examine the denial of the rights to cultural recognition of Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers and the impact on the community, past and present.
To ensure victims can participate, the Commission has undertaken a co-led research project. Working with Rajpot, a voluntary organisation working to give indigenous and cultural communities a voice and an archival researcher, victims... and publish a Human Rights Assessment of the ‘Tinker Experiment’ and its ongoing impact and steps
that Professor Alan Miller, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC), regards Westminster.... "It is relatively isolated in Europe in its attitude towards human rights," he says.
Seven days earlier... that has vowed to scrap the Human Rights Act, merely exacerbates Miller's frustration. "It's an example of something that will not be done because to do it would be contrary to human rights... exudes a sense of pride over Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights - a UK first which
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has commented on changes to practices for arming police... potential increase in their use is of particular concern when it comes to our human rights... that police power, priorities and style are exercised in a way that protects the human rights.... More generally, we welcome Police Scotland’s stated commitment to taking a human rights-based... Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights, to embed better protection of human rights within
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