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Looking ahead to 2025: a critical year for human rights in ScotlandAmnesty International Scotland's Programme Director Neil Cowan writes about his hopes and ambitions for the Scottish human rights movement in 2025
17 Feb 2025 Blog post -
UK: Amnesty intervenes in Supreme Court case on legal protections for trans people
Amnesty International UK has published its third-party intervention in the Supreme Court appeal of the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers
25 Nov 2024 Press release -
Scotland: Scottish government must review due diligence on grants for arms companiesWe call on the Scottish Government urgently to overhaul its human rights checks on arms companies in receipt of public funds from Scottish Enterprise
19 Nov 2024 Press release -
Book Week Scotland 2024: Our favourite cosy human rights reads this winterWe share our picks for readers young and old with human rights and social justice at their heart - because a better society starts with you
18 Nov 2024 Blog post -
Scotland: Failure to deliver Scottish Human Rights Bill is ‘unjustifiable’, say Amnesty International
We condemn the Scottish Government for not committing to deliver the long-awaited Scottish Human Rights Bill in its 2024-25 Programme for Government
04 Sep 2024 Press release -
Scotland: 120 leading organisations call on First Minister to keep Human Rights Bill promise
Human Rights Bill is key to John Swinney achieving goal of tackling child poverty
09 May 2024 Press release -
A New Human Rights Bill for Scotland - Amnesty's consultation response16 Oct 2023 Blog post
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Scotland: Amnesty urges ministers to be bold on new human rights lawAmnesty has long campaigned for a Scottish Human Rights Bill
06 Oct 2023 Press release -
Amnesty Scotland Briefing - Refugee Ban Bill25 Apr 2023 Blog post
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Gender Recogntion Reform (Scotland) Bill - Stage One27 Oct 2022 Blog post -
Amnesty and JRS write to the Scottish Government backing Gender Recogntion Bill10 Oct 2022 Blog post
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The Policing of Cop26 and the Right to Protest in Scotland15 Aug 2022 Blog post -
Human rights charities ask how they can support protesters in Scotland21 Mar 2022 Blog post
