Our report published today calls for the creation of a new one-stop-shop environmental court for Scotland ...
ERCS recruiting a Rights Officer
We're recruiting a Rights Officer to advance the human right to a healthy environment for equality groups. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to increase awareness of our legal rights and improve participation and confidence in exercising them ...
Equality and Human Rights Fund – award to ERCS to support equality groups
ERCS is delighted to be one of 48 organisations awarded a grant from the new Equality and Human Rights Fund over the next three years. The grant will enable us to recruit a Rights Officer to lead our work to increase awareness and participation of equality groups on the human right to a healthy environment ...
Scottish legal system failing environment due to high costs – press release
Draft findings from a UN body published today show that Scotland’s legal system is in breach of international environmental and human rights law, due to the extremely high costs of legal action ...
Our launch – thank you for your support!
A big thanks to everyone who made our launch so successful on Thursday 3rd June. We had over 260 people registering their interest for the event and over 150 people join us on the day. Here are the links to the films...
Solicitor appointed for our advice work
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of our in-house solicitor Dr Ben Christman. Ben wrote the feasilibity study that helped to establish ERCS and has …
Come to our launch!
We warmly invite you to our launch event with our guest speaker: the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Professor David Boyd...
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 ...
