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A call for urgent action to reform civil legal aid in Scotland

Publication Date
July 2024
Type
  • Briefings
Topic
  • Aarhus Convention
  • Access to justice
Synopsis

This joint briefing between Human Rights Consortium Scotland, JustRight Scotland and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland sets out what the problem is, the impact this is having on people in poverty, why this matters for human rights protection and realisation, and calls on the Scottish Government to act.

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