Alongside Human Rights Consortium Scotland, Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland, Poverty Alliance, Shelter Scotland, CLAN Childlaw and Justice, we have produced “Make Human Rights Justice a Reality” report.
This report is informed by the lived experience of trying to access remedy of community groups and individuals who took part in a series of workshops. This report also draws on the experience of our organisations that work day-by-day with people who experience barriers to justice.
The main purpose of this report therefore is to outline 13 priority actions that will improve access to human rights justice in Scotland. These are:
- Put all of our human rights into law
- Ensure everyone knows their rights and how to get them
- Ensure inclusive communications across the system
- Provide independent advocacy for all
- Develop effective non-court routes to justice
- Improve people’s experience of going to court
- Remove unfair timescales
- Value NGO-led public interest litigation
- Ensure effective remedies for human rights breaches
- Introduce radical reform of legal aid
- Remove financial barriers to justice
- Strengthen accountability bodies
- Ensure duty bearers take a human rights-based approach
A parallel report to Make Human Rights Justice a Reality is also available on the Human Rights Consortium Scotland’s website.
