Corona Virus and Human Rights: Online discussion
“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 [...]
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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 [...]
Corona Virus 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. [...]
Postponed: Human Rights, Brexit & Devolution, 25th March in Edinburgh
A conference exploring opportunities to protect and progress human rights in the context of Brexit across the four UK regions. As the UK establishes new post-Brexit [...]
Overwhelming majority back human rights laws that protect everyone equally
A poll commissioned by charity EachOther (formerly RightsInfo) found that by far the majority of people living in the UK believe that human rights laws must protect everyone [...]
Concerns about human rights protections in Scotland, raised with UN
Rights concerns about policing, biometric technologies, a lack of independent advocacy and prison conditions, amongst many other concerns, have all been raised with the the [...]
Widen access to justice
The Human Rights Consortium Scotland has submitted views to the Scottish Parliament highlighting that there are big barriers to justice around human rights in Scotland. The [...]
HRCS Roundtable: Defending Human Rights in 2020, 2nd March, Glasgow
Whether it’s SNAP #2, children’s rights, action on poverty, challenges from a new Government at Westminster, workers’ rights, or more – 2020 is going [...]
