FM urged to take action to incorporate UN rights
Organisations have joined together to write to the First Minister to urge her to take the next steps to incorporate UN rights and standards into Scots law. In December 2018, [...]
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UN Rapporteur on Poverty highly critical of government austerity policy
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights has issued a damning report on the UK’s austerity measures and the dramatic decline in the fortunes of the [...]
Children & vulnerable adults still being detained at Dungavel
New figures show that 21 children were detained in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre between 2010-2018. Some of the young people were held there until they were moved to [...]
Protection against Female Genital Mutilation to be improved
A new Bill will introduce Protection Orders specifically designed to safeguard women and children who might find themselves under pressure to undergo Female Genital [...]
SHRC calls for re-think on cyber kiosks
Cyber kiosks are laptop-sized machines which allow police to bypass encryption to quickly read personal data from digital devices such as mobile phones or laptops. After [...]
Brexit, Devolution and Civil Society – conference films
On 2nd and 3rd May, an important conference was held in Belfast that brought together civil society representatives from across the devolved nations. The conference was [...]
Post EU Funding for equality and rights in the spotlight
If the UK leaves the European Union, EU Structural Funds will cease to provide any support for UK organisations from 2020 onwards. The UK Government has said that they will [...]
Committee against Torture gives recommendations to the UK
The UN Committee against Torture reviewed the UK’s progress in implementing the Convention against Torture, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment. The Consortium submitted a [...]
UNCRC will be incorporated into Scots law within two years
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has committed to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law within the next two years. In her keynote speech [...]
Prison overcrowding under UN spotlight, as numbers set to soar
The UN Committee against Torture has questioned the Scottish Government about their plans to reduce prison overcrowding. The Times reports that Scotland’s jail population [...]
