Post-Election Roundtable, 16th June 2021 @10am
Join the Consortium from 10am to noon on 16th June for an open discussion following the Scottish Parliament election. We will be giving updates regarding the state of human [...]
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All Our Rights in Law: Reflection and Next Steps, 20th and 27th April, 4th May
On Friday 12th March, the All Our Rights in Law project published its final report. The project had brought together over 400 rights-holders from all [...]
Consortium Submits Response to Independent Review of the Human Rights Act
The Consortium and several member organisations have created a joint submission to the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act, whose call for evidence closed today (3rd [...]
Human Rights Act Roundtable, 25th January @10am
On the 14th December 2021, the UK Justice Minister Dominic Raab announced plans to replace the Human Rights Act with new legislation. The UK Government is running a [...]
Leading Scottish Human Rights Organisations Unite to Reject Plans to Replace Human Rights Act
Today (14th December 2021), UK Justice Minister Dominic Raab announced a proposal to replace the Human Rights Act with new legislation which threatens to weaken human rights [...]
Consortium Submits Evidence on European Union Continuity Act
The Human Rights Consortium Scotland has responded to a call for views on the draft Policy Statement and Annual Report related to the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) [...]
Better protecting migrants’ human rights in Scotland
Over the past year, the Consortium has been working with civil society organisations in the migration sector. Together, we have been exploring what is necessary to ensure [...]
Human Rights Day: Voices of Hope, 9th December @6pm
2021 has been a year of both exciting progress and challenging setbacks for human rights in Scotland. We want to celebrate our human rights defenders and stand in solidarity [...]
ERCS Produces New Briefings on Environmental Rights
The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) has produced 3 briefings, commissioned by the Consortium, which explore the relationship between environmental rights and [...]
New Briefing Addresses Relationship Between Human Rights and Devolution
A new briefing, written by human rights experts Professor Nicole Busby and Dr Katie Boyle, explores the relationship between human rights and devolution in Scotland. The [...]
Scotland’s Human Rights Report Card: The Big Picture, 7th December @10am
In what ways has Scotland improved its human rights record in the last 4 years? What is better? What is worse? What human rights issues need more attention or action? Every [...]
Call for COVID-19 Inquiry to hear from those who are often ignored
The Consortium and 28 of our member organisations have responded to the Scottish Government’s call for views on the initial terms of reference of the upcoming COVID-19 [...]
New Briefings Offer Insight on Economic and Social Rights in Post-EU Scotland
Two new briefings published by the Civil Society Brexit Project offer valuable insight into economic and social rights in Scotland, and the extent to which we are keeping up [...]