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

Publication Date
12 March 2021
Type
  • Press releases
Topic
  • Right to a healthy environment
Synopsis

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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