The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is now recruiting for three part-time Commissioners to join the Scottish HumanRights Commission in summer 2022.
This is an independent public appointment process – we don’t have any direct involvement in it. But we would like to make sure that people across our different networks in Scotland know about the opportunity to apply.
Essential skills... understanding of humanrights in practice is also needed. You can see the full role profile, find out
The Commission has written to the Clinical and Professional Advisory Group for Care Homes in Scotland, setting out a range of humanrights 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 humanrights 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
and flourish.
"We also need to reach out. I am here because I am chair of the Scottish HumanRights Commission and I was thinking about what humanrights teaches us in these circumstances. Clearly we... Roosevelt said on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of HumanRights... the European Union, the terms of the debate then and since, the threat to repeal the HumanRights Act... to good information and information about our rights.
"We need to talk about these rights. We need
The Scottish HumanRights Commission has expressed concerns about the Scottish Government’s proposals to end automatic early release of long-term offenders.
Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Commission, said:
“The Commission has previously expressed concerns about the humanrights implications of the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill, both in terms of its potential impact on public... in the coming weeks and will offer further evidence on their humanrights implications to a future
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