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A killer who knifed a teenager is to take his human rights compensation case to the highest court in the land over a claim prison authorities failed to give him enough help [...]

Organisations concerned with rights have strongly criticised Theresa May for her comments on changing human rights law. In response to questioning around measures to prevent [...]

A new bill that will look at rules and procedures around civil proceedings in court by a group of people has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.  This is an [...]

Amnesty International Scotland have looked into how each political party manifesto fares on human rights, considering the Human Rights Act, policing, justice and [...]

A bill to tackle child poverty has been unanimously approved at its first stage by the Scottish Parliament. MSPs agreed to the general principles of the Child Poverty [...]

The Scottish Government has launched a strategy to train professionals to spot the signs of human trafficking and provide new powers to disrupt trafficking activity. The [...]

Children with mental health problems are still not being seen by NHS specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) within Scottish Government waiting time [...]

More than half of Muslim pupils in Edinburgh have experienced Islamophobic abuse and a third have themselves been the victim of it, according to research carried out by [...]

The Law Society of Scotland has called for increased investment, less bureaucracy and better use of technology to ensure the long-term sustainability of legal aid. The Law [...]

Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has said judges should not be reluctant to allow children to give evidence in family law cases, The Irish Times reports. [...]