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Statement on the Passing of Emma Ritch, Chair of the Consortium Board

12/07/2021 // 0 Comments

We are deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Emma Ritch. Emma was instrumental in setting up the Consortium and was the Chair of our Board. She was a person of [...]

Heads of UN Announce Commitment to Children’s Environmental Rights

05/07/2021 // 0 Comments

Last month (June 2021) the heads of several United Nations (UN) entities published ‘Step Up!’ a joint written commitment to promote the right of children, young [...]

Using Human Rights Survey- Can You Help?

28/06/2021 // 0 Comments

In order to shape our work, as well as to inform government and grant funders, there is a pressing need for more insight and better evidence around what organisations need [...]

New Report Launch, ‘Delivering Human Rights in Scotland During COVID-19: A 2020 Survey of Public Authorities’

24/05/2021 // 0 Comments

A new joint report from the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and Amnesty International has found that most public authorities cannot provide evidence of human rights-based [...]

Scottish Government Responds to Amnesty’s Call for COVID Public Inquiry

26/04/2021 // 0 Comments

Last month (March 2021), Amnesty International in Scotland wrote to the First Minister, asking her Government to commission a public inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 [...]

Post Brexit, we’re asking the wrong questions on human rights

14/04/2021 // 0 Comments

In this article for Bylines, Consortium Director Mhairi Snowden explains that we are asking the wrong questions about human rights in a post-Brexit UK, and argues that we [...]

Judicial review in court is working well, finds independent panel

01/04/2021 // 0 Comments

In Autumn 2020, the UK Government set up an Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) to address some significant, fundamental issues around the [...]

Just Fair Issues Statement Celebrating Scotland’s Commitment to Incorporation

30/03/2021 // 0 Comments

Just Fair, an organisation which advocates for the incorporation of economic, social and cultural rights, has issued a statement in celebration of the Scottish [...]

HRCS welcomes BIG step forward for human rights in Scotland!

12/03/2021 // 0 Comments

A Government-led Taskforce has recommended that, as soon as possible, four UN treaties should, for the first time, be incorporated into Scots law. These include many of our [...]

Consortium Submits Response to Independent Review of the Human Rights Act

04/03/2021 // 0 Comments

The Consortium and several member organisations have created a joint submission to the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act, whose call for evidence closed today (3rd [...]