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
The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the First Minister’s announcement that the Scottish Government will amend its COVID-19 certification scheme, to allow people the option of evidencing a recent negative lateral flow test as an alternative to vaccination status.
This change... interference with human rights including: the right to private and family life, which covers... measures that interfere with human rights, the scheme should be subject to regular meaningful
A joint letter from members of the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM), designated under Article 33.2 of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UN CRPD).
In August 2023, a UKIM report indicated little progress had been made to implement the Committee’s recommendations from its inquiry into the UK, which found ‘grave and systematic’ violations of the Convention. This letter provides more information in response to questions asked
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