Scottish Parliament discuss China MoU
The Scottish Government’s discussions with Chinese firms to create a Memorandum of Understanding collapsed. There had been strong criticism of the firms’ human rights [...]
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First Minister writes to Donald Trump – shared value of human rights for all
Nicola Sturgeon has written to Donald Trump, President-elect of the USA. She said in the letter that Scotland and the USA share “fundamental values of equality, [...]
Child refugees arrive in Scotland
The Home Office has said that a group of girls aged 15-17 years old left a reception centre in France and arrived safely in Edinburgh airport on Saturday 13th November. [...]
The ‘Named Person’ case
In July, the Supreme Court ruled that information sharing aspects of the proposed Named Person provisions in Scotland were incompatible with the right to privacy and family [...]
Speaking Up for Human Rights, 14th Dec 2016
1.30-4.30pm, 14th December at City Chambers, Edinburgh Come and join us in celebrating Human Rights Day! Communicating to our service users and to the public about [...]
Support the Scotland Declaration on Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is 70 years old this year and states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” We want equality and [...]
Build upon the Human Rights Act, don’t repeal it!
The Human Rights Check UK Report, produced by over 175 organisations from across Great Britain, has called for an end to denigration of the Human Rights Act. Produced as a [...]
Threat to the Human Rights Act
Rt. Hon Liz Truss MP, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, has reiterated the Government’s intention to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of [...]
Taking evidence on children’s rights implementation
On 14 September 2016 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights at Westminster will consider what needs done to implement recent recommendations from the UN on [...]
Meeting with UK Joint Committee
The HRCS was invited to meet with the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, in Edinburgh on 14th January. Justice Scotland and the Muslim Council of [...]