Commission calls for careful consideration of the approach to develop Human Rights Bill

of the proposed Bill.  The full ‘Incorporation series’ will be published on the publications page of our website Wednesday 04 October 2023

Scotland is not meeting human rights obligations on progress from institutions to independent living

this project on the Spotlight Projects page of our website at www.scottishhumanrights.com The Convention Thursday 30 January 2025

Applications open for two new members of the Commission

on the Scottish Parliament’s website. About the SHRC The SHRC is Scotland’s human rights watchdog Thursday 03 April 2025

What next for upholding human rights in Scotland?

This year the Commission welcomed its first Executive Director, Jan Savage.  Here, Jan looks at the opportunities ahead to make rights real for everyone in Scotland. Change is the one thing that is constant, or so the saying goes. Individuals, circumstances, communities, jobs and politics, all evolve.  And nowhere is that more relevant than for the Scottish Human Rights Commission in 2023. Scotland is a very different place than when the Commission was established by an Act of Parliament Thursday 18 May 2023

Commission at United Nations in Geneva

, and a summary of these are below. ICC Bureau As a member of ICC Bureau, the Commission is one of sixteen Sunday 19 June 2016