Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world. They include civil and polical rights, such as the right to vote, as well as economic, social and cultural rights, such as the right to the highest possible standard of physical and mental health.

A lot of work has been happening in Scotland around human rights (see the video on the right on Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights as an example). Below you can find links to some of the main developments and information.

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Disability Equality Scotland
Disability, Human rights, Equality
Disability Equality Scotland
Disability, Human rights, Equality

A membership organisation which represents the views of disabled people and disability groups/organisations, as well as the umbrella organisation for disability Access Panels in Scotland, which are groups of disabled volunteers who work together to improve physical access and wider social inclusion in their local communities.

Disability, Human rights, Equality
Making Rights Real
Human rights, Equality
Making Rights Real
Human rights, Equality

Making Rights Real is a grassroots human rights organisation that supports communities to name and claim their rights.

Human rights, Equality
Social Impact Pledge
Social Impact Pledge, Human rights, Disability, Learning disabilities, Equality, Ethnicity, Older people, Young people, LGBTI, Gender, Sexual orientation, Age, Pregnancy, Maternity, Marriage and civil partnership, Sex, Religion or belief, Gender reassignment
Social Impact Pledge
Social Impact Pledge, Human rights, Disability, Learning disabilities, Equality, Ethnicity, Older people, Young people, LGBTI, Gender, Sexual orientation, Age, Pregnancy, Maternity, Marriage and civil partnership, Sex, Religion or belief, Gender reassignment

The Social Impact Pledge is about simple ways that public bodies can make a difference to communities. Here are some pledges made by public bodies that make commitments to promote equality and human rights.

Social Impact Pledge, Human rights, Disability, Learning disabilities, Equality, Ethnicity, Older people, Young people, LGBTI, Gender, Sexual orientation, Age, Pregnancy, Maternity, Marriage and civil partnership, Sex, Religion or belief, Gender reassignment
Together Scotland
Children, Human rights
Together Scotland
Children, Human rights

Together is an alliance of Scottish children's charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Children, Human rights
Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights
Human rights
Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights
Human rights

Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) is a roadmap towards realising people’s human rights, developed by a drafting group from the public and voluntary sectors. It may be useful to refer to when campaigning for, or working on, human rights issues.

Human rights
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Human rights, Environment, Climate change
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Human rights, Environment, Climate change

ERCS aims to provide accessible public education and advice services in environmental and related planning law. It also advocates for policy and law reform and will pursue public interest litigation to ensure environmental rights are upheld.

Human rights, Environment, Climate change
What are my human rights?
Human rights
What are my human rights?
Human rights

This section of the Scottish Government’s mygov.scot website introduces human rights as well as how they are protected by United Nations treaties and how this will be affected by brexit.

Human rights
Scottish Government webpage on human rights
Human rights
Scottish Government webpage on human rights
Human rights

The Scottish Government’s webpage on human rights, with links to relevant policy, including international and UK dimensions, children’s rights, the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership and information on economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.

Human rights
Scottish Human Rights Commission
Human rights
Scottish Human Rights Commission
Human rights

The Scottish Human Rights Commission promotes and protects human rights for everyone in Scotland. Independent of Government, the commission works on legal, policy and practical issues that affect people's human rights in Scotland.

Human rights
Amnesty International UK
Human rights, Covid-19, Climate change
Amnesty International UK
Human rights, Covid-19, Climate change

Amnesty International’s website has useful information on a whole range of issues to do with human rights, including how they work in the UK and how they relate to coronavirus and climate change.

Human rights, Covid-19, Climate change