Scottish equality and human rights bodies join together in call for inquiry into implications of COVID-19

Scottish equality and human rights bodies join together in call for inquiry into implications of COVID-19 Friday 17 April 2020

Letter to chair of UN human rights committee on British Bill of Rights

An open letter from the chairs of EHRC, NIHRC and SHRC to the chair of the UN human rights committee, on the proposals for a British Bill of Rights that would replace the Human Rights Act Wednesday 03 June 2015

Call for amendment to Health & Social Care Bill

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today called for an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill which would clarify the law around the Human Rights Act and publicly funded home care... as to the application of the Human Rights Act to home care or private healthcare services. Essentially the law..., giving reassurance to people using cares services, that their human rights are protected. Read... Rights Act, and at the moment when it comes to services delivered by private companies the law Sunday 19 June 2016

Presentation: Human Rights – 10 Years On

Conference: Human Rights – 10 Years On: Legal Services Agency, Glasgow, October 4, 2010 Professor Alan Miller, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission: “Bringing human rights to life” Monday 04 October 2010

“Tick Tock” While we talk, people are waiting

in the European Convention on Human Rights, as protected for us all in the UK via the Human Rights... to be.  Our report highlights that we have real concerns about whether people’s rights protected...In January 2025, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) published its Spotlight Report  “Tick Tock…”, A human rights assessment of progress from institutionalisation to independent living in Scotland. On Tuesday 1 April 2025 the SHRC appeared before the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Monday 14 April 2025