Who can take a human rights case to court?
The restrictions on who can take an ECHR case in Scotland could be widened, says a new Human Rights Consortium Scotland research briefing. Chris McCorkindale and Douglas Jack [...]
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Human rights must not be an afterthought, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland tells MSPs
Scottish civil society is very concerned about potential serious human rights breaches during the coronavirus crisis. Thirty organisations have written to MSPs to highlight a [...]
Coronavirus 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 [...]
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 [...]