Building a human rights approach to ending violence against women and girls

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, the Scottish Human Rights Commission highlights its work on the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe human rights treaty which aims to prevent and combat violence against women and girls. By Eilidh Dickson, Policy and International Officer. The Commission is an public body, independent of the Scottish Government and accountable to the people of Scotland through the Scottish Parliament.  As Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution, it also Wednesday 06 March 2024

“Tick Tock” While we talk, people are waiting

years.  Parliament has a role to play here as do regulatory bodies, such as the Commission, the Mental Monday 14 April 2025

Commission at United Nations in Geneva

to share the outcome of the recent debate at the Scottish Parliament on climate justice (read more Sunday 19 June 2016

The Human Rights Implications of Long Covid in Social Care

Library. (2024, April 25). Economic update: Inactivity due to illness reaches record. UK Parliament Wednesday 10 December 2025