About NHRIs
The Commission is Scotland's National Human Rights Institution (NHRI). NHRIs... to account for their human rights obligations. They also help shape laws, policies and attitudes... by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Strong and effective NHRIs help bridge the "protection gap" between the rights of individuals and the responsibilities of the State by:
Monitoring the human rights situation in the country and the actions of the State
Providing advice
Housing Rights in Practice
Housing Rights in Practice was a project run by the Commission and others as part of SNAP - Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights. It ran from 2015 to 2019.
The project aimed to empower people to tackle substandard housing and living conditions by using human rights. It was delivered in partnership with Edinburgh Tenants Federation and Participation and the Practice of Rights.
Read a short overview of the project, including how it worked and what
The Commission's chair, Professor Alan Miller, delivered a presentation in his capacity as ENNHRI chair at the High-Level Conference on the “Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights: Our shared responsibility”.
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