Category: Equality & Disability

PRESS RELEASE: Allan Marshall’s family sue police, prison service and Crown Office, for breach of human rights

The family of Allan Marshall have raised a court action against the Scottish Prison Service, Police Scotland and the Crown Office, for breach of Mr Marshall's human rights. JustRight Scotland is...

Supporting and respecting the lives of LGBTQ+ and Women Migrants: we signed a joint letter addressed to the UK Prime Minister

Alongside other organisations including Amnesty, End Violence Against Women Coalition, Refugee Council and Women For Refugee Women, we have written to UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, asking him to...

Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: we wrote to the UN Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women and Girls

We have written, together with Amnesty Scotland and other women's and human rights organisations, to the UN Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women and Girls restating our support for Scotland's...

Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: JustRight Scotland and Amnesty Scotland submit joint briefing to MSPs of the Scottish Parliament

  Together with Amnesty International Scotland, we submitted a joint briefing to MSPs of the Scottish Parliament, to support the Stage 1 Debate regarding the Scottish Government’s Gender Recognition...

Reform of the Gender Recognition Act: JustRight Scotland and Amnesty International Scotland write to the Cabinet Secretary

Together with Amnesty International Scotland, we wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Shona Robison about reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA). We restated...

PRESS RELEASE – Scottish Parliament urged to probe impact of ‘Rights Removal Bill’ on devolution

Together with Amnesty, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner, we have written to the Scottish Parliament asking them to hold a formal Inquiry on the impact...

PRESS RELEASE: Scottish charities ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘light-touch’ Scottish Government plans to reform equality rules for public bodies

Today, together with over 20 organisations working for equality and human rights in Scotland, we have called for a rethink in Scottish Government plans to change public bodies’ equality obligations....

Trans equality charity welcome Court of Session decision on transgender rights

Court upholds Census guidance allowing trans men and women to self-identify their lived sex....

PRESS RELEASE: Scottish Trans joins legal challenge to protect trans people’s equal participation in the next Scottish Census

Scottish Trans, part of LGBTI human rights charity Equality Network, have been given permission to intervene in a legal case which is seeking to overturn guidance planned for the next Scottish Census in March.

Human rights groups call for Scottish ‘conversion therapy’ ban 

Amnesty International, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and JustRight Scotland have told a Holyrood inquiry that a ‘comprehensive ban’ on 'conversion therapy' practices should be brought forward to...

PRESS RELEASE: Trans equality charity welcome Court of Session decision on transgender rights

Court rules that Scottish Government acted lawfully in including trans women in an equal opportunities measure to improve women’s representation on public boards....

PRESS RELEASE: Scottish Trans joins legal challenge to protect gender equality on public authority boards

Scottish Trans (ST), part of the LGBTI human rights charity Equality Network, have been given permission to intervene in a legal case which is seeking to throw out legislation passed two years ago,...