Articles by hrcscotland

The HRCS has submitted evidence to the UN on the delivery of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Scotland.  Our submission follows on from [...]

The HRCS is pleased to promote HELP, which is the Council of Europe’s European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals. It is aimed at training [...]

a Blog by Jo Ozga, Scottish Women’s Aid In the voluntary sector we don’t tend to describe ourselves as human rights defenders when asked what kind of work we do. But [...]

Come along to the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) meeting and workshop on Monday 10th August 2015 from 10:00 to 13:00 at the STUC, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6NG [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee has published ‘Concluding Observations on the UK’ following the recent hearing in Geneva on the International Covenant on Civil [...]

2nd July, Geneva The UN Human Rights Committee has concluded a Hearing, over two days, with the UK Government on the delivery of the International Covenant on Civil and [...]

The HRCS second annual conference What next for human rights? benefitted from excellent speakers and enthusiastic debate from members and supporters.  There was agreement [...]

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 [...]