*NEW* Brexit & the Immigration Bill
The Immigration Bill is currently being debated at Westminster. It is all about the immigration status of EU and EEA citizens and their families after Brexit. MPs recently [...]
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Environmental Principles and Governance in Scotland – closes 11 May
The purpose of this consultation paper is to consider how we maintain effective environmental governance following an exit from the European Union. It seeks views on: [...]
Defamation in Scots law -closes 5 April
In December 2017 the Scottish Law Commission published a Report on Defamation which aimed to reform Scots law on defamation. This consultation seeks views on some [...]
Civil society organisations continue to voice Brexit concerns
In the midst of Brexit uncertainty, many civil society organisations in Scotland and across the UK have voiced their considerable concern about the impacts of ‘no [...]
Scottish Government updates on human rights progress
The Scottish Government has published an update on progress on five particular areas of recommendations made as part of the UN Human Rights Council’s review of the UK in [...]
No more ‘no Travellers’ rules
The Equality & Human Rights Commission challenged the owners of Kings Green Caravan Park in Port William, Galloway to remove racially discriminatory signage as it does [...]
Progress to reduce poverty?
The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published a report that reviews progress on the fifteen recommendations made in “Shifting the Curve”, the first report by Naomi [...]
Gender and sex questions in next census debated
Holyrood’s Culture Committee has agreed with the general principles of the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) bill. However they also found serious deficiencies in the way [...]
Police Scotland put off ‘cyber kiosks’ roll-out
Police Scotland have been considering rolling out technology known as cyber kiosks. These ‘kiosks’ can access mobile phone text messages, encrypted conversations on [...]
Age of criminal responsibility and human rights
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 8 years old. This issue has been raised frequently by UN [...]
