"A new era for human rights”: Commission welcomes Scottish Government commitment to ground-breaking new human rights law for Scotland

Government, the next Scottish Parliament, and people and organisations from across Scotland, to ensure Thursday 11 March 2021

Commission welcomes Programme for Government commitments to human rights

. In this context the Commission looks forward to the introduction of this legislation to Parliament Tuesday 07 September 2021

Scottish human rights “report card” submitted to United Nations: highlights threats to Human Rights Act, calls for action to tackle rights concerns across Scotland

Parliament, Scottish Government, civil society groups, and Westminster’s Joint Committee on Human Tuesday 12 April 2022

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

The Scottish Human Rights Commission recommends that careful consideration is given to the legal approach to achieving the new Human Rights Bill, in a consultation response to the Scottish Government. This follows recent legal challenges to the competence of the Scottish Parliament to pass legislation to improve human rights protection in Scots law. The Commission sets out our position on the proposed Human Rights Bill in a series of three reports launched today. This ‘Incorporation Series Wednesday 04 October 2023

Families describe Scotland’s Fatal Accident Inquiry System as brutal and traumatising

announced to the Scottish Parliament an independent review to consider the Fatal Accident Inquiry system Wednesday 03 December 2025