Mental health care and treatment engages a range of humanrights including the rights to life, liberty, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, and respect for private and family life.
People with mental health issues are also often disadvantaged in accessing other rights like the right to an adequate standard of living, to participate in communities and to employment and work opportunities.
The Commission is working alongside others to recognise and address specific issues such as mental
Executive Summary: A PDF 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
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
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