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Incorporating the Right to a Healthy Environment
WebThe Right to a Healthy Environment in International Law. United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 48/13– a resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 8th October 2021, recognising the right to a healthy environment; Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in …
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Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of People with
WebThe Convention The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD)- full text The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: easy read version Incorporating the CRPD The Scottish Government has committed to incorporating the CRPD into Scots law as part of its new Human Rights Bill Find out about the…
Incorporation of International Human Rights
WebThe right to health is found in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights1 (ICESCR), which protects the range of economic, social and cultural rights1 (known as ‘ESC rights’) necessary for all people to live their lives in dignity. The UK committed to give effect to the rights set out in ICESCR in 1976.
HRCS Briefings, Reports and Responses – Human Rights …
WebApril 2023. The Consortium and JustRight Scotland created this briefing for MSPs ahead of a Scottish Parliament debate about the ‘Illegal’ Migration Bill, to explain why the Bill is a human rights emergency. Joint Statement: The Illegal Migration Bill is “the Refugee Ban Bill” and why we must fight back. March 2023.
Human Rights Incorporation in Scotland
WebWhat is the Human Rights Bill? In March 2021, the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill, to put the children's rights convention directly into Scots law. However, the Bill was challenged by the UK Government at the Supreme Court, and finally became an Act on 16th January 2024. The Scottish Government has…
Putting independent advocacy at the heart of the new human …
WebA right to (independent) advocacy for particular groups, e.g. for those with a mental disorder as set out in the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003; for a disabled person accessing social security entitlements as set out in section 10 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.
Incorporation of International Human Rights Briefing Series: …
WebIn March 2021 the Scottish Government. announced its intention to introduce a Human Rights Bill to the Scottish Parliament. This world-leading legislation will include directly incorporation of four key United Nations Human Rights treaties into Scots law, subject to devolved competence. This will provide a new human rights framework for
HRCS welcomes BIG step forward for human rights in Scotland!
WebA Government-led Taskforce has recommended that, as soon as possible, four UN treaties should, for the first time, be incorporated into Scots law. These include many of our everyday rights, such as the right to food, to housing, to education and to health. The new human rights Bill will also include specific rights for women,…
ERCS Produces New Briefings on Environmental Rights
WebThe Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) has produced 3 briefings, commissioned by the Consortium, which explore the relationship between environmental rights and other key rights. They examine the right to food, disabled people's rights and the right to health. The first two briefings were written with input from Nourish …
Human Rights and Devolution
WebPILLAR ONE: DEVOLUTION AS A FOUNDATION. PILLAR TWO: DEVOLUTION AS A VEHICLE FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE. Each devolved statute entrenches the European Convention of Human Rights as a minimum standard. The ECHR forms a non-negotiable foundation that devolved governments, parliaments, courts and public bodies much …
#HumanRights2020s: Brexit & Social Care – the impact on …
WebListen in on experts, Susie Fitton from Inclusion Scotland and Andrew Strong from the Health & Social Care Alliance Scotland. They are concerned about what's going to happen to social care post-Brexit in Scotland. And they are doubly concerned because these Brexit impacts come in the midst of COVID-19 impacts on social care. Why are…
Human Rights and Devolution
WebThe establishment of the Independent Human Rights Act Review was announced in December 2020. This is in line with the commitment contained in the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto to update the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). The review will consider how the HRA is working in practice, including its enforcement, and whether any change is …
Incorporation of International Human Rights Briefing Series:
WebThe right to an adequate standard of living (ASOL) is made up of several, distinguishable component rights, including: right to food, right to water and right to housing, though other related rights are easily identified.1 The right to ASOL is found in Article 11 of the. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 (ICESCR).
Our Board – Human Rights Consortium Scotland
WebOur Board members are: Aidan Collins, individual (Chair) Lucy Mulvagh, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) (Vice Chair) Michelle Mañas Brodie (Treasurer) Sandra Stuart, Glasgow Disability Alliance Sofi Taylor, Migrant Voice Rosie Tyler-Greig, individual Shruti Jain, Chair of Saheliya Rebecca Zahn, academic Annamaria De Felice, …
Consortium Publishes Scottish Human Rights Bill Consultation …
WebRead our response to the Human Rights Bill for Scotland consultation, supported by 38 organisations here. Read our second response summarising community conversations with migrants about the Bill here. Scotland is on the cusp of a historic change in how human rights are protected within its borders. The Scottish Human Rights Bill will …
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