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? [...]
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COVID-19 and the Right to Food Gap in Scotland, 29th July @ 4pm
Co-hosted by the Scottish Food Coalition and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, this 1.5 hour long event will interrogate what Covid-19 has revealed about the importance [...]
COVID-19 and Human Rights: planning next steps, 23rd July @ 3pm
Representatives of civil society organisations are invited to join this Zoom discussion on the impacts of COVID-19 on human rights. The agenda will include: information [...]
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 [...]
Coronavirus and human rights: protecting human rights in the longer-term, 28th May @ 3pm
The pandemic has thrown up new challenges, concerns and opportunities around protection of human rights in Scotland. How do we make sure that we come out of this crisis with [...]
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: Online discussion, 23rd April
“COVID-19 is a test for our societies, and we are all learning and adapting as we respond to the virus. Human dignity and rights need to be front and centre in that [...]
Human rights as a tool for change, 22nd April
A online roundtable event to share the opportunities and barriers surrounding human rights as a tool for empowerment. Organisations are invited to this Zoom roundtable to [...]
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 [...]