On Tuesday 9 October Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Scottish HumanRights Commission, delivered a lecture From Climate Change to Climate Justice as part of the Our Changing World series, hosted by the University of Edinburgh.
For more videos of previous lectures and details of upcoming events as part of the series please visit the Our Changing World website.
Find out more about Climate Justice on our pages.
The Scottish HumanRights Commission (the Commission) invites interested parties to submit an application to undertake a short piece of research to inform the Commission’s submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women as part of the periodic review of the United Kingdom. The Commission intends to submit shadow reports for both the pre-session, taking place in July 2018, and for the full review which will be held in February 2019. The research
Our current Chair, Judith Robertson, comes to the end of her term in March 2022. The Scottish Parliament is now recruiting for her successor.
The Chair is a full time role, appointed by a cross-party Selection Panel of MSP . The Commission does not have any direct involvement.
Candidates should have a track record of:
promoting humanrights
leading an organisation
implementing good governance
influencing senior stakeholders
Find out more and how to apply on the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish HumanRights Commission welcomes the launch of Redress Scotland, which marks the opening of a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical abuse in care.
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
“The journey towards securing access to justice and remedies for survivors of abuse in care has been long and challenging. Survivors have worked tirelessly for many years to achieve this, and those efforts deserve the greatest recognition. The Commission warmly welcomes
The Scottish HumanRights Commission, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland and Families Outside welcome the follow up progress report into the Independent Review of the Response... November 2021 and was co-chaired by the Scottish HumanRights Commission, HM Chief Inspector... Scotland’s humanrights obligations, the Review’s key recommendation was that an independent body... progress report on the Scottish Government website.
2. Read the Scottish HumanRights Commission news
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