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Unsightly photo of landfill
19 July 2022

Ann’s story

Ann Coleman, has been challenging developments on behalf of communities and the environment for over 25 years. Our Rights Officer interviewed her to learn more about her fight for environmental justice ...

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Unsightly image of landfill
22 June 2022

Voice from the Human Rights Lived Experience Board – Ann Coleman

Ann Coleman has been a community and environmental campaigner for over 25 years. We are grateful that she agreed to be on the Human Rights Lived Experience Board to inform the development of the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill ...

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3 June 2022

We have only one earth. Let’s take care of it. Sign the petition!

Sunday 5 June is World Environment Day – to remind us that there are billions of planets in our galaxy but there is #OnlyOneEarth. Let’s take care of it ...

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3 March 2022

ERCS responds to the Scottish Government’s consultation on court fees

Read our response. We welcome the proposal to make all Aarhus Convention cases exempt from court fees. Our response sets out why this is important and how this could work in practice ...

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15 October 2021

What changes could help Scotland comply with international human rights and environmental law? Part 2

Part one of our two-part blog series summarised the prohibitive costs of judicial review. In this second part, Lloyd Austin - ERCS's Chair, outlines how establishing an environmental court would be a better way to resolve disputes than using the difficult path of judicial review ...

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Plans for human right to a healthy environment in Scots law welcomed – press release
12 March 2021

Plans for human right to a healthy environment in Scots law welcomed – press release

Environmental groups have welcomed the recommendation to include the human right to a healthy environment in Scots law. The Scottish Government’s National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership published detailed proposals for a new human rights law today and recommend that the new law is brought forward by the new Parliament ...

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24 February 2021

Parliamentary motion lodged on a human right to a healthy environment

Following a conversation with Ruth Maguire MSP, Convener of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee in the Scottish Parliament, we are delighted that she has lodged a motion on a human right to a healthy environment....

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