This briefing paper was submitted to the Barron Review of Forensic Mental Health. It sets out the relevant human rights framework and makes recommendations about how the Review can take a human rights based approach to its recommendations.
Our submission to the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights on how the cost of living crisis has impacted the rights covered by the European Social Charter, such as food and housing.
The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
Poverty is a human rights issue. It represents a failure to fulfil the right to an adequate standard of living that is established in international human rightslaw. The Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament and Scottish public authorities have duties to respect, protect and fulfil this right.
Other rights, like the right to education, health... and cultural rights as a way of tackling poverty in Scotland and wants to see these rights
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