We are building a picture of rights across Scotland to develop recommendations for how duty bearers can make things better for people in Scotland. The South of Scotland is the second region that we have spotlighted.
Economic, social and cultural rights are about the things we all need to live a life free from fear and want. They include:
The Commission has submitted evidence to the HumanRights Inquiry by the European and External Relations Committee of the Scottish Parliament.
The Commission provided its views on the proposed repeal of the HumanRights Act 1998 and its replacement with a British Bill of Rights.
as employees understand their rights, and that they can provide rights-based approaches in their roles. Humanrights based approaches have the opportunity to provide greater staff empowerment for creativity...Integrating health and social care has been a recent major reform in Scotland, and makes up part of the agenda of personalisation. This approach aims to put individuals at the centre of all decision...-Directed Support (Scotland) Act 2013 (this is also available in Easy Read format).
While the Act
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
The Scottish HumanRights Commission welcomes today’s announcement by the Cabinet Secretary... of Torture has set out the humanrights principles that should be applied to people in prison and other.... Humanrights impact assessments can play a key role in ensuring everyone’s rights are considered... of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, these measures have not yet managed to reduce the prison population... in order to ensure the continued safe and effective operation of prisons in Scotland and we welcome
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