Executive Summary: An accessible Microsoft Word version of executive summary for the Parallel Report of the Scottish HumanRights Commission to Replies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the list of issues in relation to its seventh periodic report to the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
An accessible Microsoft Word version of Parallel Report of the Scottish HumanRights Commission to Replies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the list of issues in relation to its seventh periodic report to the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
The Scottish HumanRights Commission has published its submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a financial redress scheme for survivors of historic child abuse.
Read the full... that government adopts a much more explicit humanrights based approach to the scheme’s purpose, principles... historic abuse as a humanrights violation.
Eligibility criteria for the scheme should be developed...; the humanrights framework can help to assess where the balance lies between the right to peaceful
The Commission invites interested parties to submit a quote for desk-based research to review and evaluate options for the Scottish HumanRights Commission to provide payment for people’s participation in our work.
Full information including details on how to submit a quote are contained in our Invitation to Quote.
Deadline for submission: Friday 18 December 2020.
Members of the Scottish Parliament will discuss the Regulation of Care for Older People in a debate tomorrow (Wednesday 7 March).
The Scottish HumanRights Commission welcomes the debate in the Scottish Parliament, and has sent a briefing note to all MSPs highlighting key humanrights considerations ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing in Word format.
The Health and Sport Committee has already made a number of recommendations for areas of improvement which will enhance the accountability
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