Scottish Human Rights Resources

Scottish Human Rights Resources

The more we know about our rights, the more we're able to use them as way of pushing for positive change in our communities, in our country, and in the world.

These resources are designed to help spread that knowledge among anti-poverty campaigners and activists in Scotland.

Rights overview

International Covenant on Economic, Cultural & Social Rights (ICECSR)

Article 6 - The Right to Work

What does 'Right to work' mean?
Rights at work in Scots Law

Article 7 - The Right to Just and Favourable Conditions of Work

What does 'Just and Favourable' mean?
What is the Real Living Wage?

Article 9 - The Right to Social Security

OHCHR - The components of the Right to Social Security
ESCR briefing on the Right to Social Security
SHRC briefing on the Right to Social Security
SHRC briefing on the Right to Social Security - Easy read version
Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform

Article 11 - The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living (encompassing the Right to Food and the Right to Housing)

Article 11 text and a brief breakdown of government obligations
OHCHR briefing on the Right to Food
Nourish Scotland - The Right to Food Campaign
Scottish Human Rights Commission on the Right to Housing
Scottish Human Rights Commission on the Right to Housing
Detailed UN briefing on the Right to Housing

Article 12 - The Right to Health

OHCHR briefing on the Right to Health
WHO briefing on the Right to Health

Article 13 - The Right to Education

The Right to Education Initiative - what does the Right mean, and what are the Government's obligations?

Article 15 - The Right to Take Part in Cultural Life

Scottish Human Rights Commission on the Right to Take Part in Cultural Life

Using human rights as a tool for change

Four PPR projects in Northern Ireland where human rights were used as a tool for change
Case study: PPR using the Right to Health to push for better practice and provision in Northern Ireland
Case study: Scottish Human Rights Commission Housing Rights in Practice Project in Leith
Final summary report from the Scottish Human Rights Commissions Housing Rights in Practice Project in Leith

Taking a human rights approach

Scottish Human Rights Commission briefing, including video resources about the PANEL principles
Scottish Human Rights Commission self-assessment tool on taking a human rights approach

Civil & political rights and The Human Rights Act 1998

Scottish Human Rights Commission online training on human rights - aimed at the Care sector, but with lots of good information on the Rights currently in law
British Institute of Human Rights - including a useful tool to see whether something is a human rights issue and they have specific examples of human rights advocacy
Scotland's National Action Plan on Human Rights

Organisations with an emphasis on human rights working in Scotland

JustRight Scotland
Making Rights Real
Scottish Human Rights Commission
Just Fair
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Human Rights Consortium Scotland
LinkedIn

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