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Last week, on 8th and 9th November, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights visited Scotland. The Rapporteur Philip Alston met with those living in [...]

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published a new report into models of incorporating international human rights standards into law, authored by Dr Katie Boyle, [...]

In a landmark case, the Court of Appeal has ruled that thousands of people may have been unlawfully held in immigration removal centres in recent years. In a case brought by [...]

EU citizens in Scotland worried by the impact on their residency following Brexit are to be offered an advice and support service by the Scottish Government. The service will [...]

One year ago, the UN Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities gave the UK recommendations on how they can better implement disabled people’s rights. Some of [...]

New figures show that 74% of FOI requests made last year resulted in information being disclosed.  65% of those who appealed against a initial denial of the FOI request, [...]

The Supreme Court has ruled a bakery’s refusal to supply a cake iced with the message ‘Support Gay Marriage’ was not discriminatory on the grounds of sexual [...]

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has published its findings into residential institutions run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul. They conclude that children [...]

Members of the Children’s Parliament (MCPs) and Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) delivered two workshops about the annual Scottish Cabinet meeting with children and [...]

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states clearly that everyone has a right to a basic standard of living.  But, we know that in Scotland, there are many living [...]