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  • OUT NOW - our child-friendly version of the Human Rights Bill Consultation Analysis

    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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  • A Human Rights Bill for Scotland - Independent Analysis of Consultation Responses

    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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  • Launch of the Rights Detectives latest Mission Update Report #003

    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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  • Human Rights Bill consultation responses

    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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  • New report: ‘the socio-economic duty in action’

    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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  • Tracking human rights in the UK

    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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  • Human Rights Bill for Scotland consultation – new children’s resources available!

    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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  • What human rights situations require the Human Rights Council’s attention?

    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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  • Human Rights Council session on children's rights

    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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  • Video resources: Human Rights Act & the cost-of-living crisis

    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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  • Commissioner raises human rights concerns following UK visit

    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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  • Together supports joint statement on UN treaty body system

    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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  • An update on what’s happening with the Human Rights Act

    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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  • The independent strategic review of funding and commissioning of violence against women and girls services: call for evidence

    Date: 7th July 2022
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

    Closing date: 15th August 2022 (extended)

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  • Expressing our concerns over the repeal of the Human Rights Act

    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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  • The Human Rights Act must not be scrapped!

    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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  • Children’s Care and Justice Bill - Consultation on policy proposals

    Date: 7th April 2022
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

    Closing date: 22nd June 2022

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  • Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights

    Date: 2nd February 2022
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

    Closing date: 8th March 2022

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  • UK Government proposes changes to the Human Rights Act

    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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  • Advisory Board for Scottish Human Rights Bill meets for first time

    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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