“A move in the right direction” – Commission welcomes Scottish Government action on national inquiry into historic abuse

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to taking....  The state has a duty to protect people from abuse and to fulfil their rights to justice and remedies... process, based on a human rights framework, that has led to the development of an Action Plan for Justice... of putting people whose rights are affected by issues, at the heart of decision-making and action planning... been constructed based on human rights principles outlined in SHRC’s Human Rights Framework Tuesday 14 June 2016

Scotland’s Budget: Progress, pressures and the cost of standing still

with Budget 24-25 by Dr Alison Hosie, Research Officer at the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Scotland... in key areas of social support. For a government committed to human rights, this budget represents both... human rights standards. Inflation further squeezes allocations, with real-term cuts in education... costs and smaller tax bases, deepening inequalities between urban and rural areas. A rights-based approach that falls short Scotland’s human rights commitments demand transformative action Tuesday 07 January 2025

Prisons and places of detention

2 April 2020 Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Justice on rights of people in detention during COVID-19 outbreak 21 April 2020 Commission welcomes plans to reduce COVID-19 risks in prisons through early release of those approaching end of sentences  Briefing on prisons and COVID-19 for Cabinet Secretary for Justice, produced with HMIPS and IMPAG 18 May 2020 Letter to Scottish Parliament...: Commission deeply concerned about breaches of human rights during pandemic 23 June 2020  News article Tuesday 09 May 2023

Special Rapporteur on Housing visits Scotland

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Housing has spent three days in Scotland as part of a mission to the United Kingdom. Mrs Raquel Rolnik, an expert in urban planning and architecture, met with a wide range of civil society and third sector organisations as well as with the Scottish Human Rights Commission as part of the mission. Mrs Rolnik also made a number of site visits to different... voiced its commitment to human rights on repeated occasions, and this mission will give me Wednesday 15 June 2016

Commission welcomes financial redress for survivors of historic abuse

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed today's commitment from the Scottish Government to financial redress for survivors of historic abuse. Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said: "We welcome today's commitment to making financial redress available to survivors of childhood abuse. This is an essential component of their access to justice. Anyone subjected to sexual abuse... an obligation to protect the rights of anyone in care. While historic abuses cannot be reversed Tuesday 23 October 2018