Strengthening the Human Rights Sector
Amnesty International UK and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) are pleased to announce that HRCS is now an independent human rights organisation. Previously, [...]
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Consortium submits response to Finance and Constitution Committee
The Consortium has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee’s call for views on the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) [...]
#HumanRights2020s: Digital chlorinated chicken
Listen to this podcast with Matthew Rice from Open Rights Group. Why should we be concerned about digital rights in post-Brexit UK? And what have future deals with the EU or [...]
New podcast series #HumanRights2020s
All about protecting human rights in Scotland. First podcast of the series: why does social care + Brexit + COVID = a big concern for disabled people’s human rights? [...]
Consortium writes to the Secretary of State for Scotland
Back in December 2019, the Queen’s Speech included the UK Government’s plan to set up a Commission on Rights, Democracy and the Constitution. They have said [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]