The Scottish Human Rights Commission has achieved the top grade of international accreditation as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) for the third time.
This awarded “A Status” from the Global Alliance of NHRIs and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recognises the Commission’s independence, authority and broad statutory mandate to promote and protect human rights. The Commission is one of over 100 National Human Rights Institutions around the globe
politics, applying no matter who is in government or has control in parliament. One of the aims... of law are inextricably linked, one depending upon and reinforcing the other. The rule of law... and function, which together achieve a careful balance of power, with one institution providing a check
. Access to Justice is one of the Commission's special areas of focus, known as Spotlight Projects.... We suggest that one of the reasons for this is that people need a place to go with their problems... on the lived experience of people in Scotland in four ‘spotlight’ areas. One of those is access
been at the heart of the project, and that one of our outputs has been a toolkit for those people...? Our report is named Tick Tock, in the words of Kate, one of the members of the Project Group... and policies. Kate has always made sure we focus with this one phrase – “Tick Tock”. This reminds us
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