You are currently filtering for:
  • in the category: human rights
clear filters

Undermined, or strengthened?

Is Scots law losing out because of the devolution settlement?

Justice wanting

Is there a role for a JUSTICE-type organisation in Scotland?

Goodwill rules in FoI review

Commissioner's round table reveals differences of emphasis, but commitment to principle

Any fears over free speech?

BNP appearance on "Question Time" is no threat to public order

Dying for some guidance

Why should Scotland not have guidelines on assisted suicide too?

Rights above board

Human rights issues deserve a properly informed debate

Assisting assisted suicide

The Purdy appeal decision may help bring reform, but does not require legal change

Rights across the board

The contrasting human rights issues in the news this week should make us reflect

Free speech needs consistency

Why ban Geert Wilders when his film is still being screened?

Quiet life at 60

UN Declaration anniversary has been surprisingly low key

Obama and the rule of law

Will the new President prove more sensitive to human rights and international obligations?

Surveillance without frontiers?

Phone and email database proposals surely go too far