Blog & News from JustRight Scotland

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Communication in a legal charity: beyond the jargon, learning from people

by Annamaria De Felice People often ask me what a comms person does or even better they ask me what I do as Senior Comms Officer at JustRight Scotland. Explaining my role in communications is...

Scotland’s Adherence to the Council of Europe Convention: Addressing and Preventing Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

by Sabrina Galella Over the past few months, we have been working with the Scottish Human Rights Commission as part of their Istanbul Reference Group to contribute to the Commission’s report to...

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A new Pro Bono Guide in Scotland: we welcome contributions from the sector

by Annamaria De Felice A national Pro Bono guide has been launched by the Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU), the Law Society of Scotland and JustRight Scotland. Described...

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Making Human Rights Justice a Reality Report shines a light on systemic barriers to justice and how to break them

by Maisie Wilson Over the past few months, we have been working with the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) on their latest report Make Human Rights Justice a Reality, along with Clan...

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Rwanda Plan is unlawful: We welcome the outcome of the UK Supreme Court

We welcome the UK Supreme Court’s judgment which has found the so called ‘Rwanda Plan’ to be unlawful. The UK Government must now urgently rethink its [Illegal] Migration Act and scrap this cruel,...

We call upon the Scottish Government to heed the recommendations of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s report and take action to safeguard the human rights of the people attacked by the Illegal Migration Act 2023

We welcome the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s recommendations published in their latest report about asylum seekers in Scotland. In particular, we support the Committee’s strong...

JustRight Scotland: Our statement on the Scottish Human Rights Bill Consultation

JustRight Scotland welcomes the Scottish Government’s consultation proposals for a Human Rights Bill published on 15th June as an important step towards realising #AllOurRights in Scotland. By ...

Rights for particular groups: going as far as devolution allows [Blog 2 – part 3]

A blog series By Barbara Bolton, Legal Director and Partner Devolved competence All Scottish Parliament (“SP”) legislation must be within competence, as set by the Scotland Act, which reserves ...

Rights for particular groups: going as far as devolution allows [Blog 2 – part 2]

A blog series By Barbara Bolton, Legal Director and Partner We set out our own analysis below, explaining why in our view the SG and SP could incorporate a number of substantive rights from CRPD,...

Rights for particular groups: going as far as devolution allows [Blog 2 – part 1]

A blog series By Barbara Bolton, Legal Director and Partner In addition to economic, social, cultural and environmental rights, the Taskforce recommended incorporation of: the Convention on the...

Access to Justice and the Right to an Effective Remedy [Blog 1 – part 3]

Going to Court The Consultation does not have a lot to say on judicial remedies, focusing instead on administrative routes to remedy. While it is very important that people have free, highly accessible...

Access to Justice and the Right to an Effective Remedy [Blog 1 – part 2]

What is the right to an effective remedy? The right to an effective remedy for breaches of human rights is a general principle of international human rights law and is expressly set out in most international...

Access to Justice and the Right to an Effective Remedy [Blog 1 – part 1]

Introduction - A Scottish Human Rights Bill By the end of June 2024, the Scottish Government (SG) will introduce a Bill to the Scottish Parliament (SP) that will bring a number of international human ...

Scotland’s Human Rights Bill: an opportunity to strengthen human rights and access to justice in Scotland

Scotland’s Human Rights Bill: an opportunity to strengthen human rights and access to justice in Scotland A blog series by Barbara Bolton, Legal Director and Partner Introduction As the Scottish...

My first year as JustRight Scotland’s first CEO

by Emma Hutton I’m lucky enough to live by the banks of the Forth Estuary. On my regular walks along the foreshore, I often see ducks and geese swimming along. Sometimes gliding, sometimes pushing...

Legal opinion: the legal implications of the [Illegal] Migration Bill in Scotland

by Sabrina Galella Together with the Scottish Refugee Council (SRC) and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS), we commissioned a legal opinion from Kay Springham KC, to...

Celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland with us and join our Roots of Refuge event

We are happy to announce that – we are returning for a second year to celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland together with JustCitizens. Our Roots of Refuge event will take place on Thursday 22nd...

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Access to Higher Education for migrant students is now a real right

JustRight Scotland has been campaigning - together with Maryhill Integration Network and JustCitizens, to extend the right to access education for migrant students in Scotland for over two years....

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Age assessment of young people: our new guidance to assist local authorities in Scotland

by Francesca Sella JustRight Scotland, together with the British Red Cross, have published a short guide on the initial stage of age assessment to assist local authorities in Scotland and...

Working as Legal Caseworker at the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre

by Constance Trepanier After I moved back to Scotland in January last year (2022), and in the midst of finding flats and settling in, I embarked on a new and quite exciting adventure as a new ...

Scottish Government’s consultation on changes to residency criteria for access to financial support in Further and Higher Education: our say

JustRight Scotland has submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the proposed changes to residency criteria for access to financial support in Further and Higher Education. The...

Scottish Government consultation on Electoral Reform: What we say in our response

JustRight Scotland submitted its response to the Scottish Government consultation on Electoral Reform in Scotland. Additionally, we submitted a separate joint response with Maryhill Integration...

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Scotland rejects the Refugee Ban Bill

JustRight Scotland and Scottish Refugee Council have joined forces to launch the first step of a Scottish campaign which aimed to stop the #RefugeeBanBill and get other organisations involved in...

It’s time to introduce a new Human Rights Bill for Scotland

JustRight Scotland have sent – alongside other civil society, human rights and equalities organisations – three letters to the Scottish National Party (SNP) candidates for First Minister, calling...

Access to Education is a Human Right for everyone: our #GradesNotVisas campaign is working to make this right real for all

#OurGradesNotVisas campaign was conceived, created, implemented and launched last year by Ahmed Alhindi, a young migrant student who was unable to accept the offers he received from several...