The Programme for Government announced yesterday signals the Scottish Government’s abject failure to deliver on their promise of a Scottish Human Rights Bill including the right to a healthy environment ...
Reflecting on the Rights Detectives investigation into a right to a healthy environment for children and young people
Juliet Harris, Director of Together Scotland, reflects on how the right to a healthy environment can strengthen children’s rights across the First Ministers priority areas for action ...
The Rights Detectives: Investigating the Right to a Healthy Environment
What do children and young people in Scotland think about their right to a healthy environment? Teenagers Safiya and Oscar spoke to over 200 children to investigate this on a special mission from the Scottish Government ...
New briefing calls for urgent reform to Scotland’s legal aid system
A new briefing, jointly authored by ERCS, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and JustRight Scotland, calls for urgent reform to improve Scotland's civil legal aid system and increase access to justice ...
Can criminalising ecocide make Scotland’s polluters pay?
Hello, I am Julia, the new Policy & Communications Officer at ERCS. Since starting in November, I have been exploring what criminalising ecocide could mean for Scotland ...
Bathing water case update: Have the waters cleared?
In recent years, outdoor bathing has become increasingly importance to our health and wellbeing. Yet all is not well - not a day goes by without another sewage scandal, another tale of polluted rivers or beaches clogged with plastic waste ...
This Human Rights Day, Scotland must realise the promise of the right to a healthy environment
Human Rights Day marks a key moment in human history: 10 December 1948, when representatives from across the world came together to sign the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Yet the rights it contained were incomplete ...
New briefing: Investigation reveals why legal expenses regime needs reform
In October 2021, ERCS submitted a FOI request as part of an investigation into the impact of Protective Expenses Orders. The information disclosed reveals how the current system continues to act as a barrier to justice ...
