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human rights are an important part of the work of both the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government,acute recent example of this was with the Social Security Bill and the refusal of the Scottish Government,balances are standard practice for any piece of human rights legislation but, sadly, the Scottish Government

For the pace of progress to increase, governments, civil society organisations, businesses and communities,This measures and reports on progress of government in Scotland and the Scottish Government has committed,A ‘whole-of-government’ approach to implementing the SDGs is vital.,Governments, civil society organisations, businesses and communities must work together and learn from,We need coherent implementation of the SDGs across Government and a meaningful forum for all parts of

full document here: SCVO Social Security Bill Briefing Stage 2 Part 3 Our position The Scottish Government’s,If the Scottish Government is committed to realising rights, we believe a rights-based approach must,To ensure the Scottish Government realises their human rights aspirations we would urge the Scottish,Government to further engage with the SHRC ahead of Stage 3.,and a Scottish Government amendment to the Bill.

Briefing As we have said before – most recently in the passing of the Scottish Government’s 2015 Procurement

Do we have good governance in place to ensure we are well run?,we are launching an ‘I Love Charity’ campaign to inspire trust in charities, to promote better governance

On International Women’s day Sheghley Ogilvie looks at issues around gender equality, from ‘every day sexism’ to the serious social problems that stem from basic inequality. This week I went for lunch with a friend. We chatted about this and that and as we all do from time-to...

Download as PDF - SCVO Social Security Bill Briefing Stage 2 Part 2 Our position The Scottish Government’s,If the Scottish Government is committed to realising rights, a rights-based approach must be embedded,throughout the legislation, failure to do so, will allow future governments to ignore the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government have recognised that through a rights-based approach to social security we can,Open Government ambitions.

Withdrawal) Bill, we still hold real concerns about the stock transfer of power from parliament to the government,counterparts in Wales – WCVA - to offer our backing to amendments tabled by the Scottish and Welsh Governments,While these amendments were defeated in the House of Commons, it seems that the UK Government have accepted,At SCVO we welcomed the recent publication of the Scottish Government’s refreshed Scottish Government,It merits a wider discussion and now requires proper engagement and responses from the UK Government

of what works, as well as supporting the third sector’s engagement with the forthcoming Scottish Government,Health and Sport Committee’s short inquiry into obesity, and the consultation paper on the Scottish Government’s

to ensure that the principles in the Bill, something we have heard a lot about from the Scottish Government,Astoundingly, despite the Scottish Governments rhetoric around a social security system based on human,The Scottish Government have recognised that through a rights-based approach to social security we can,third sector and civil society for inspiration and advice as we continue to work with the Scottish Government