Corona Virus and human rights
COVID-19 requires extraordinary response from government at all levels, as well as from the population.Parliaments at both Westminster and Holyrood will therefore consider [...]
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Calls to release those in immigration detention during Corona Virus
The right to health, life and liberty are all at risk as long as people are held in immigration detention during the corona virus outbreak. The Consortium signed a letter, [...]
Right to vote extended
The European Court of Human Rights has several times found that it is an infringement of ECHR rights for the UK to have blanket bans on all voting rights for prisoners. [...]
Overwhelming majority back human rights laws that protect everyone equally
A poll commissioned by charity EachOther (formerly RightsInfo) found that by far the majority of people living in the UK believe that human rights laws must protect everyone [...]
Concerns about human rights protections in Scotland, raised with UN
Rights concerns about policing, biometric technologies, a lack of independent advocacy and prison conditions, amongst many other concerns, have all been raised with the the [...]
Widen access to justice
The Human Rights Consortium Scotland has submitted views to the Scottish Parliament highlighting that there are big barriers to justice around human rights in Scotland. The [...]
The right to settled status
EU citizens whose homes are in Scotland have to apply for permission to stay here after Brexit. However, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, and many other civil [...]
UNCRC to the max!
The Scottish Government has made the very welcome announcement that they will directly incorporate the UNCRC to the maximum extent possible within devolution. On 30th [...]
The right to food
Nourish Scotland together with the Scottish Human Rights Commission have produced a short animation around the right to food. A helpful summary of why the right to food is [...]
Disappointing judgement in SERCO lock-change case
There is considerable concern that more asylum seekers will be made homeless after a Supreme Court judgment in Ali v v Serco and the Secretary of State for the Home [...]
