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Human Rights in Scotland
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world.
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Human Trafficking Inquiry
Our Inquiry looked at the nature, extent, causes, of human trafficking in Scotland.
UN Disability Convention
Find out more about our work with the Scottish Human Rights Commission on the UN Disability Convention.
Practical guidance
We have brought together and reviewed human rights guidance produced for people working in the public sector or in organisations carrying out public functions.
The resources can be filtered by sector, topic and type. > Browse the guidance
What are human rights?
Information about the basic rights and freedoms that belong to everyone and the Human Rights Act
Using your human rights
If your human rights have been breached, assess your possible options both in and out of court.
International framework
Our work in relation to the Council of Europe, the EU, the UN, including monitoring UN treaties, and other NHRIs.
Current issues and updates
Issues in which the Commission has a keen interest or we have intervened
Disability Harassment Inquiry
'Hidden in plain sight' report was published following our inquiry into disability-related harassment and suggests that Scotland has made significant progress since 1999 in adult protection law and policy, however there remain challenges.
Bill of Rights response
Our response to the government's examination into the creation of a new Bill of Rights. Read the response.
UN treaty Scorecard
Our Scorecard summarises UK progress in relation to UN human rights treaties.