Environmental and human rights campaigners are angered and dismayed at the Scottish Government’s announcement in parliament that they are no longer going to include the right to a healthy environment in a Scottish Human Rights Bill ...
Law reform
Over 100 organisations urge First Minister not to abandon the right to a healthy environment – press release
Over 100 civil society organisations have written an open letter urging the First Minister not to renege on the government’s longstanding commitment to recognise the human right to a healthy environment in a Scottish Human Rights Bill ...
What Scotland’s Programme for Government means for environmental rights
The Scottish Government has published its Programme for Government, setting out its plan for the next five years and specific actions for the year ahead ...
Protective expenses orders granted in two ERCS Law Service cases
Protective expenses orders have been granted to two clients of ERCS's Law Service to allow their environmental judicial review cases to proceed to full hearings ...
Could Rights of Nature work in Scotland?
Our new explainer briefing gives an overview of the growing and complex Rights of Nature movement and concludes with key questions for Scotland ...
Progress on access to environmental justice and next steps
Read our briefing summarising Scotland’s progress towards addressing its breach of the Aarhus Convention’s access to justice requirements, and the reforms needed in this parliamentary session to guarantee full access to environmental justice ...
Learnings from the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill and the next steps for criminalising ecocide
With a new parliament in place, we revisit outstanding questions from the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill’s scrutiny and consider the next steps for the effective criminalisation of ecocide ...
Scotland’s breach of public participation requirements – case update
In March 2025, ERCS submitted a complaint to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee on the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s failure to publicly consult on proposed changes to rules ...
