Scottish Mental Health Law Review

a move to supportive, enabling legislation, which delivers a broad range of human rights...Scottish Mental Health Law Review  The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires fundamental shifts in the role of mental health and incapacity legislation, to ensure people are supported to make decisions about their own lives.  The Commission advocated for a number of years for the reform of mental health and capacity law.  We worked alongside the Scottish Mental Health Law Monday 30 May 2016

Tackling poverty through human rights: Innovation Forum report published

Tackling poverty through human rights: Innovation Forum report published Monday 13 June 2016

Statement: Clarifying the mandates of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland

Statement: Clarifying the mandates of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland Thursday 24 February 2022

Statement: on the human rights position in Ukraine (March 2014)

On the occasion of its General Assembly Meeting at the UN Office in Geneva, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) made the following Statement on the Human Rights situation in Ukraine. Friday 21 March 2014

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Additionally, through consultation with rights holders, civil society and key stakeholders during the development of our Strategic Plan 2024-28, we identified access to justice as an area which requires our continued focus. This theme, as well as our other top priorities, will inform future Spotlight Projects over this period. These priorities are: Access to Justice The impact of poverty Places of Detention The rights of specially-protected groups   Wednesday 03 July 2024