Articles by hrcscotland

Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for Social Justice, Human Rights, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights will set out the future for human rights in [...]

New films show  the power of human rights to improve people’s health and care  in Scotland.  They can be used by charities, the voluntary sector and trade unions to [...]

The HRCS has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Scotland. HRCS [...]

The HRCS held a very successful meeting on Monday 1st June and members agreed that a co-ordinated campaign to defend and promote the Human Rights Act (HRA) is needed.  [...]

The HRCS is committed to working with members and supporters over the coming months to defend and promote the Human Rights Act (HRA) which the UK Government condemns as [...]

Reports suggest that abolition of the Human Rights Act (HRA) will not be included in today’s Queen’s speech, which announces the UK’s programme for [...]

There is much mis-information going round about what happens to the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The right information is that, in 2014, the Court [...]

Responding to reports that the Human Rights Act 1998 is about to be abolished by the newly elected UK Government, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) called for any [...]

GE Manifesto 2015   The HRCS has published its ‘Manifesto FOR Human Rights’ to help members participate in informed debate on progressing human rights across [...]

The HRCS will hold its second conference on Thursday 25th June 25 2015 from 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM on ‘What Next for Human Rights?’. The day will be an [...]