Human rights and COVID-19

Date: 20th August 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

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Eight key policy briefings have been developed to highlight areas of human rights concern during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify how rights can be used to inform Scotland’s recovery.

Discover the following COVID-19 policy briefings:

• Care homes and human rights
• Prisons and human rights
• Police use of temporary emergency powers
• The right to food
• The right to housing
• The right to social security
• Evidence to Scottish Government’s Advisory Group on Economic Recovery
• Evidence submitted to the Scottish Parliament Inquiry into COVID-19 and Human Rights