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
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Evidence to Justice Committee on Police Scotland’s use of temporary powers
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Paper on The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Produced for the Independent Advisory Group on Police Scotland’s Use
The Commission has written to the Clinical and Professional Advisory Group for Care Homes in Scotland, setting out a range of human rights considerations that should be taken into account in developing guidance on visiting for adult care homes in the context of COVID-19.
The Commission has recently been contacted by members of the public expressing their ongoing concern at the arrangements for visiting residents of Scotland’s care homes during the pandemic. It is also an issue which has been
Highlands and Islands
We started the project in the place with the biggest gaps in human rights data: the Highlands and Islands. In 2023, we visited more than twenty towns across six local authorities and interviewed more than a hundred people .
Some of the most critical issues that we found were:
Many people are unable to afford housing, to heat their homes or to travel to access healthcare.
A significant number of people are homeless, and some are living in conditions of rooflessness
The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the passing of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act by the Scottish Parliament today.
This legislation creates a new independent body, Redress Scotland, to administer a scheme making financial payments to survivors... of the Commission, said:
“Child abuse is a human rights violation, and anyone who has been subjected... Child Abuse | Scottish Human Rights Commission
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