The Commission has submitted evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on human rights to an Inquiry by the Equalities and Human Rights Committee of the Scottish Parliament.

The Commission has published a briefing on care homes and human rights during COVID-19. The briefing sets out the human rights framework as it applies to the issues that have arisen in care homes, and details the requirements of human rights law to ensure effective investigations are carried out by the state.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Commission in June 2020

A submission to the Just Transition Commission by the Adequate Standard of Living Reference Group, who we support and work alongside.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published a briefing on The Right to Food in Scotland during COVID-19. The briefing explains how COVID-19 has affected the right to food, exacerbating already high levels of food insecurity in Scotland. Despite the large-scale mobilisation of communities and civil society to meet need, emergency community-based provision is not a rights based approach for the long-term.