Economic, social and cultural rights in the Highlands and Islands

Economic, social and cultural rights in the Highlands and Islands Friday 05 July 2024

International Climate Justice conference announced

justice - a central issue for human rights in the 21st century - complementing the economic case... for Human Rights Mary Robinson will speak at the conference which will highlight the opportunities..., Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission said: "The Commission very much supports this timely... the 21st century's starkest challenge to human rights - including the rights to life, livelihood Wednesday 15 June 2016

Cyber kiosks: Commission on Government response to the Justice Sub-Committee report

We all have the right to privacy and to go about our lives free from unnecessary interference from the police. Mobile phone browsing technology - or cyber kiosks - has the potential to be highly intrusive of this right. The Scottish Human Rights Commission therefore wants to see clear rules... oversight.  The European Court of Human Rights has established that it is the state's responsibility... for clear, sufficient and robust safeguards, including appropriate oversight. People's rights Wednesday 05 June 2019

Independent Review, co-chaired by Commission, calls for radical reform to response to deaths in Scottish prisons

, and Judith Robertson, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission. It was commissioned by the Cabinet... incumbent on all of those with responsibilities to uphold human rights to take action to implement... to be seen through the prism of Scotland’s human rights obligations, in particular the right to life provided for in Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The state has... an explanation of the cause of death.  “The Review used human rights legal standards to frame our Tuesday 30 November 2021

Commission Chair joins Independent Review into Handling of Deaths in Prison Custody

that I would also co-chair the review,  to ensure that an independent human rights-based perspective... of the relevant human rights legal standards, at both the European and international levels and work across... on a revised Terms of Reference (ToR) which embed human rights principles and analysis Wednesday 27 May 2020