New report outlines options for strengthening human rights laws in Scotland on eve of UN visit investigating extreme poverty

approach where responsibility for protecting rights is shared by the judiciary, executive and parliament Friday 02 November 2018

Breaches of human rights in prisons during the pandemic

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to the Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament to highlight concerns about measures being taken in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission has expressed concern that the current conditions being experienced by some people in Scottish prisons could amount to inhuman and degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Commission is urging the Scottish Government to take action to ensure Monday 18 May 2020

Spotlight on All Our Rights in Law conversations

with the Scottish Government, the next Scottish Parliament, and people and organisations from across Tuesday 23 March 2021

Scottish human rights organisations unite to reject “unnecessary, regressive and divisive” plans to replace Human Rights Act

competence of the Scottish Parliament. “There is a steadily growing culture of human rights across Scottish Tuesday 14 December 2021

Commission strongly opposes UK Government’s Bill replacing the Human Rights Act

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is strongly opposed to the deeply regressive provisions in the UK Government’s “Bill of Rights”, intended  to replace the Human Rights Act, laid before the UK Parliament today.  The Commission is clear in its view that the Human Rights Act works well as it stands, an opinion shared by others across UK and Scottish human rights organisations, the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights, civil society and the UK Government’s own Independent Human Rights Act Review Wednesday 22 June 2022