Immigrant detention centre planning application rejected
THE planning committee of Renfrewshire Council has rejected an application by the UK Government Home Office to open a 51 bed “short-term holding facility” to house [...]
Articles by hrcscotland
Warning of rise in hate speech in Scottish classrooms
In evidence to the Equality and Human Rights Committee in the Scottish Parliament, academics from Moray House School of Education have said that there are fears that Brexit [...]
Rights of disabled woman raised at First Minister’s Questions
Anas Sarwar, Labour’s Health spokesperson, questioned the First Minster about what was being done to enable Janice Arundel, who is blind and has learning disabilities, to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]