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What impact would Brexit have on devolution?  What about the Supreme Court & the Continuity Bill? Why does this matter anyway? Find out in this new Civil Society Brexit [...]

The First Minister tasked an advisory group with considering what should be done, in the light of Brexit, to ensure that human rights in Scotland continue to be progressed [...]

Camphill Scotland, the ALLIANCE, SCVO, CCPS, Disability Wales, Inclusion Scotland, NICVA, QNIS, the RCN, Scottish Care and  87 other organisations including the Human Rights [...]

Action is needed to tackle barriers to public interest court action in Scotland, according to a new report from a number of leading NGOs. The report Overcoming Barriers to [...]

The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee have carried out an in-depth inquiry into the Parliament’s role as a human rights guarantor, and what is [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights recently visited the UK to review the UK’s action in this area.  His visit included 6 days spent in [...]

The Scottish Parliament passed the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill, which included elements such as retaining the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in [...]

The Children and Young People Commissioner and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) have presented the Scottish Government with a draft Children’s [...]

Scotland’s Citizens Advice network will provide a new advice service to European citizens in Scotland affected by changes in the immigration rules as a result of [...]

Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee is unanimously backing the general principles of a Bill that will raise the minimum age at which a young person can be held [...]