Postponed! HRCS Members’ Roundtable, 27th September, Glasgow
Please note that this roundtable has been postponed until further notice – email hrcscotland@gmail.com if you would like further details. [...]
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Settled Status – EU citizen rights after Brexit, 9th November, Inverness
This workshop will give participants from civil society organisations a good understanding of upcoming changes to EU citizen rights after Brexit, including what we know about [...]
Settled Status -EU Citizen Rights after Brexit, 31st October, Aberdeen
This workshop will give participants from civil society organisations a good understanding of upcoming changes to EU citizen rights after Brexit, including what we know about [...]
*NEW* Civil Society Brexit Project Info: EU Withdrawal Act
The EU Withdrawal Bill – originally called the Great Repeal Bill – was subject to considerable debate, criticism and lobbying as it made its way through [...]
Strengthening public support for human rights
Representatives of organisations in Scotland are invited to be part of a network that works together to promote human rights in the media. Whether this will be through [...]
Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award launched
A new award to honour men and women overseas who champion human rights in the most challenging of circumstances is being launched by the Faculty of Advocates. The winner of [...]
Brexit constitutional wrangles continue
On 23rd and 24th July, Scotland’s Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC went to court to argue with the the UK’s law officer Lord Keen about Brexit. What was in discussion [...]
Put the right to food in law
A group of organisations, including the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, have written to Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, to ask him to bring forward [...]
UK reports on human rights progress
The UK government have reported to the UN Human Rights Committee on their progress in implementing UN recommendations under five themes. The report included: Domestic human [...]
UN key questions on women’s rights in the UK
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has published a report with a whole series of questions for government in the UK to respond to. [...]
