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Poverty

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has launched a new short animation today on the right to social security.  The 3 minute animation explains what the right to social security means in practice, how it’s protected in international law and how it helps realise a range of other rights. The animation is intended to be a useful resource for people and organisations seeking to improve Scotland’s social security system in various ways. A captioned transcript of the animation is also available.    

Justice

Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights. So we welcome that this practice is now going... Scotland yesterday and this morning. This is something that the Scottish Human Rights Commission has... and media and the Justice Committee and the [Scottish] Human Rights Commission and others who have

Poverty

Experiences of the Adequate Standard of Living Reference Group during the first five weeks of lockdown. The Scottish Human Rights Commission supports and works with a Reference Group of people with lived experience of poverty from across Scotland. The group are experts in poverty and in rights based approaches to tackling poverty. With a diverse membership, the experiences of group members during..., reflections and recommendations with the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee

Justice

for the protection of human rights in public services. The Commission notes the Court of Session’s interpretation of case law on the application of the Human Rights Act in the context of contracted out services... in practice, the state (including Scottish public bodies) should make human rights obligations... as an intervener in the permission to appeal which we believe raises important issues about the protection of human rights where services are delivered by private contractors.   While each situation is different