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Date: 21st March 2024
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
On Thursday the 21st of March 2024, we published our child-friendly version of Scottish Governments Consultation Analysis Report. This report is the fourth in the series and shares what the Scottish Government asked, how people answered and what children and young people told us during our Investigations.
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Date: 8th February 2024
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The Scottish Government ran a written consultation between 15 June 2023 and 5 October 2023, seeking views on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland (referred to as ‘the Bill’). Alma Economics was commissioned by the Scottish Government to analyse the responses to the consultation
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Date: 14th December 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Today we are excited to launch the latest Rights Detectives Mission Update Report #003! Our Rights Detectives have been extremely busy investigating and completing missions and this is the third report to Scottish Government to help shape Scotland's new Human Rights Bill.
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Date: 17th November 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The Human Rights Bill consultation closed last month, and many organisations responded with their views and concerns, particularly around children’s rights. Read on to find quick links to Together’s response along with other organisations that have been shared with us.
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Date: 11th August 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Policy and strategy
Check out the new joint report by JustFair and the Greater Manchester Poverty Action on the ‘socio-economic duty in action’, to learn about different approaches taken by England and Wales to tackle socio-economic inequality.
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Date: 17th July 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) launched its latest human rights data for the United Kingdom on its Rights Tracker on 22nd June.
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Date: 17th July 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, General measures of implementation, General principles
Closing date: 5th October 2023
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Date: 28th March 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
These issues require the attention of the Human Rights Council as they are, or potentially are, incompatible with international human rights law. Freedom of expression, freedom of association, and the right to peaceful assembly are just some of the human rights they place at risk.
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Date: 8th March 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The 52nd session of the Human Rights Council will take place from 27 February to 4 April, 2023 and will involve a discussion on the UNCRC for the annual day on the rights of child on 10th March.
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Date: 8th March 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Child poverty
The British Institute of Human Rights has published informative video resources on the importance of the protection of the Human Rights Act (HRA) during the cost-of-living crisis.
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Date: 17th January 2023
Category:
General principles, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Following a visit to the UK in June 2022, the Commissioner for Human Rights the Council of Europe's report focuses on the overall human rights landscape in the UK, children’s rights, and specific human rights issues relating to Northern Ireland.
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Date: 9th November 2022
Category:
Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Together has signed Amnesty’s joint statement on the UN Secretary-General’s fourth biennial report on the status of the treaty body system. This joint statement urges Member States to take practical steps, including ensuring sustainable funding, towards a better co-ordinated review calendar of all state parties’ implementation of their human rights obligations.
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Date: 8th July 2022
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The UK Government has announced a new Bill that seeks to remove rights and roll back many provisions within the Human Rights Act. Amongst our members and wider civil society, we have expressed serious concerns over the impact of this #RightsRemovalBill. We continue to identify the necessity of the Human Rights Act with the UK Government.
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Date: 7th July 2022
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Closing date: 15th August 2022 (extended)
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Date: 1st July 2022
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Alongside Children’s Rights Alliance for England, part of Just for Kids Law, Children in Wales and the Children's Law Centre, we have written to the Commissioner for Human Rights. Within our letter, we highlight our concerns over the repeal of the Human Rights Act with the Rights Removal Bill.
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Date: 28th April 2022
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Together joins 29 other children’s charities, urging the UK Government to scrap its plans to replace the Human Rights Act.
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Date: 7th April 2022
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Closing date: 22nd June 2022
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Date: 2nd February 2022
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Closing date: 8th March 2022
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Date: 16th December 2021
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The proposed changes to the Human Rights Act set out by the UK Government run counter to the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on the Human Rights Act Review. These changes would create barriers to accessing justice and redress, courts would no longer be able to ‘read in’ interpretations to legislation.
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Date: 17th September 2021
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
An advisory board to support the development of a new human rights law for Scotland met for the first time on Thursday 9th September. Equalities Minister Christina McKelvie chairs the group that will play a key role in progressing the Human Rights Bill and which Together is delighted to be a part of.
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