The Scottish Government is seeking to make positive progress towards fulfilling children’s rights across Scotland, by being committed to further incorporating the United Nations Convention
‘Poverty in Scotland is rising, from an already unacceptably high level’ says the October 2019 report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). This report looks
The Scottish Government are introducing a set of legislations which aims to ensure that children’s best interests are at the centre of every family law case, and that children’s views are heard by the court.
‘Reduced EU migration would lead to a gradually declining and rapidly ageing working age population’.
The Police Scotland’s hate crime campaign 2019 focuses on people who work in the night time economy, for example taxi and private hire drivers. Research
‘There is an urgent need of human rights leadership in today’s world’, this is according to the December 2018 report (pdf) from the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership.
Although positive progress has been made in some areas of life for some people, there is still a lot more to do to ensure everyone is free from discrimination and can enjoy their basic human rights.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission have published their review of how Britain is performing on equality and human rights (pdf), in October 2018.
Over the last forty years, European Union funding has provided a safety net for people facing inequality and discrimination and offered them a chance to make their lives better.
This funding will end when the UK leaves the EU.
In this briefing, Liz Shannon, our parliamentary and policy adviser looks at the future of funding following our exit from the European Union.
There’s no place for hate in Scotland. Report it to stop it.
This is from the Scottish Government who have launched a hate crime campaign to put an end to hate crime in Scotland.
The House of Commons Library have published a September 2018 briefing paper exploring the policy towards transgender prisoners in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
