Protective Expenses Orders – by 23rd June
This consultation seeks views on draft rules for Protective Expenses Orders. The draft rules seek to ensure that, where applicable, the rules around applications for [...]
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Scotland’s Ten Year Strategy for the Learning Provision for Children and Young People with Complex Additional Support Needs – by 28th August
The Scottish Government is consulting on Scotland’s Strategy for the Learning Provision for Children and Young People with Complex Additional Support Needs 2017-2026. This [...]
Supreme Court compensation claim
A killer who knifed a teenager is to take his human rights compensation case to the highest court in the land over a claim prison authorities failed to give him enough help [...]
Theresa May faces criticism on human rights comments
Organisations concerned with rights have strongly criticised Theresa May for her comments on changing human rights law. In response to questioning around measures to prevent [...]
Civil litigation examined
A new bill that will look at rules and procedures around civil proceedings in court by a group of people has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. This is an [...]
What did party manifestos say on human rights?
Amnesty International Scotland have looked into how each political party manifesto fares on human rights, considering the Human Rights Act, policing, justice and [...]
Child poverty bill passes first stage in Scottish Parliament
A bill to tackle child poverty has been unanimously approved at its first stage by the Scottish Parliament. MSPs agreed to the general principles of the Child Poverty [...]
Scottish Government launches human trafficking and exploitation strategy
The Scottish Government has launched a strategy to train professionals to spot the signs of human trafficking and provide new powers to disrupt trafficking activity. The [...]
Scots children waiting over a year for mental health care
Children with mental health problems are still not being seen by NHS specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) within Scottish Government waiting time [...]
Children report Islamophobia in Edinburgh schools
More than half of Muslim pupils in Edinburgh have experienced Islamophobic abuse and a third have themselves been the victim of it, according to research carried out by [...]
