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The Civil Society Brexit Project has published new comprehensive guides for civil society on the likely impact of Brexit on different types of rights.  These briefings [...]

Every 5 years, the UK Government must report to the UN Secretary-General about what it has done to implement the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination [...]

Glasgow North West MP Carol Monaghan’s constituent is one of those caught up in the Windrush scandal. The UK Government has been heavily criticised this week for [...]

The House of Lords are currently voting on amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill.  SCVO and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland wrote to Peers to urge them to protect rights [...]

In a pilot operation, Police Scotland used new technology to override passwords and encryption, and to download data held on a mobile phone without the owner’s knowledge. [...]

More than three-quarters (79 percent) of young people are concerned they’ll be left with fewer rights after Brexit, according to a new study by Amnesty International. The [...]

As aspects of social security become devolved for the first time, organisations are very pleased that the system will offer automatic split payments of universal credit to [...]

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was briefed by Amnesty International on human rights issues in China ahead of her five-day visit there to boost trade. The First Minister said [...]

Human rights abuses by Spanish authorities are “unprecedented” and are worsening every day, according to the St Andrews University professor who is the subject of an [...]

With key votes coming up on Brexit, SCVO and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland have written to members of the House of Lords to ask them to change the UK Government’s [...]