2 April 2020
Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Justice on rights of people in detention during COVID-19 outbreak
21 April 2020
Commission welcomes plans to reduce COVID-19 risks in prisons through early release of those approaching end of sentences
Briefing on prisons and COVID-19 for Cabinet Secretary for Justice, produced with HMIPS and IMPAG
18 May 2020
Letter to Scottish Parliament...: Commission deeply concerned about breaches of human rights during pandemic
23 June 2020
News article
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Housing has spent three days in Scotland as part of a mission to the United Kingdom.
Mrs Raquel Rolnik, an expert in urban planning and architecture, met with a wide range of civil society and third sector organisations as well as with the Scottish Human Rights Commission as part of the mission.
Mrs Rolnik also made a number of site visits to different... voiced its commitment to human rights on repeated occasions, and this mission will give me
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
30 April 2020
Briefing: Issues relating to criminal trials as a consequence of COVID-19
4 June 2020
Evidence to Justice Committee on Police Scotland’s use of temporary powers
8 June 2020
Paper to Independent Advisory Group Considering Police Scotland Use of Temporary Emergency Powers
5 October 2020
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
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