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The use of Human Rights Legislation in the Scottish courts (full text)
- Authors:
- GREENHILL Tom, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The research analysed the uses made of human rights legislation in the Scottish courts since devolution. The relevant legislation was the Scotland Act 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (ECHR). To explore the ways in which the legislation was being used, in terms of arguments based upon the ECHR which had been advanced in supreme and sheriff court cases, this project gathered information about civil and criminal cases between May 1999 and August 2003.
The use of Human Rights Legislation in the Scottish courts (summary)
- Authors:
- GREENHILL Tom, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The research analysed the uses made of human rights legislation in the Scottish courts since devolution.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission: analysis of consultation responses
- Authors:
- MacDONALD Fiona, THOMSON Ed
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This paper sets out the results of the second consultation on the establishment of a Scottish Human Rights Commission. Responses are summarised from a range of stakeholders including local government, the non-profit sector, the legal sector, the police, academics, religious groups, professional organisations and private individuals.
Strategy for an ageing society: delivery plan 2022
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This strategy document sets out the Welsh Government's delivery plan in 2022 to create an age friendly Wales that supports people of all ages to live and age well. The strategy has two top level domains: supporting local authorities to work with partners to create age friendly communities; and promoting a rights based approach. The strategy has four aims: enhancing well-being; improving local services and environments; building and retaining people's own capability; and tackling age related poverty. Priorities are themed around: improving support for unpaid carers; Improving access to health, social care services and mental health services; improving local services and environments in relation to housing; open spaces and buildings and transport; community participation; preventing abuse of older people; planning for the future; skills and lifelong learning; commencing the socio-economic duty; increasing take up of pension credit and investing in Wales' foundational economy. (Edited publisher abstract)
The UK's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: eighth report of session 2014-15
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
- Publisher:
- TSO
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 64
- Place of publication:
- London
Assesses the progress made by the government since its December 2010 commitment to give ‘due regard’ to the UNCRC when making new policy or legislation, explores the implications of the changes to the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England and analyses the extent to which the situation for children’s rights has improved or deteriorated with regard to the rights of migrant children, child trafficking, children in custody, children with special educational needs and children and legal aid. The report welcomes the progress made in recognising children’s rights in law and policy but says that more still needs to be done. It points to areas, such as immigration, legal aid and children in custody, where some policy developments have actually worked against the best interests of children. It also argues that the government’s statutory duty to eliminate child poverty by 2020 should be treated as a human rights issue and that the children’s rights portfolio in government should be carried at a more senior level. (Edited publisher abstract)
Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Bulgaria
- Author:
- PANAYOTOVA Kapka
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This country report reviews national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the European Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan. The report draws together general evidence from publications; employment statistics and trends; law and policies; type and quality of jobs.
Safe as houses?: security of tenure for social housing tenants in England
- Authors:
- GIBSON Tom, NICHOLSON Chris
- Publisher:
- CentreForum
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The government has proposed that in the future council housing should only be available on fixed term tenancies. At the end of the fixed term the circumstances of tenants would be reassessed and those who were felt no longer to be in need of social housing would be required to move. This would free up housing stock for people on the waiting list and ensure that council housing was reserved for those in the most need. This paper examines how significant the ‘problems’ are this measure seeks to correct, how many tenants might be affected by the change, and how many social housing units this might free up. It then considers some of the drawbacks of this policy and suggests an alternative approach. It argues that the Government's plans to restrict security of tenure would change the understanding which has historically been at the heart of social housing, forcing families to move out of their homes and removing tenants who often serve as the 'social glue' which helps bind communities together. Instead it proposes that greater flexibility could be introduced into the existing social housing stock by periodically reassessing the circumstances of social tenants, with those who can afford to do so paying a market rent, with the additional revenue ringfenced for reinvestment in the housing supply.
Towards a more equal society?: poverty, inequality and policy since 1997
- Editors:
- HILLS John, SEFTON Tom, STEWART Kitty, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 415p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book asks whether Britain has indeed moved in the direction of the more equal society declared to be the Labour Government's aim when it came to power in 1997. The 16 contributions are divided into three parts, considering dimensions of policy and outcomes, cross-cutting issues, and where we go next.
The strategic direction for social services in Wales
- Author:
- THOMAS Gwenda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 2(3), April 2008, pp.210-215.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The author, Deputy Minister for Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government, provides an overview of where the long-term residential care sector should be heading in Wales and how this will be facilitated with partner organisations in Wales. The article includes discussion of the Strategy for Older People in Wales, the Commissioner for Older People in Wales, and dignity in care settings.
Homelessness in the Czech Republic
- Authors:
- HLADIKIOVA Aftab, HRADECKY Ilja
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Issues, 63(3), 2007, pp.607-622.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article discusses homelessness in the Czech Republic. In doing so the authors have used an operational definition common in the European Union. In order to explain homelessness in the Czech Republic, the article examines the relevant laws and governmental policies. Then the article discusses some causes of homelessness in the Czech Republic, a recent census of the homeless in the nation, the activities of service-providing organizations, the financing of social services in the nation, health and health care among homeless people, a new food bank, and the harmonization of the Czech Republic with the common objectives of the rest of the European Union.