A Scottish human rights body has produced a series of case studies profiling how communities in Scotland are using human rights to tackle poor housing, challenge poverty and improve health.

Launched by the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to mark the third anniversary of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights, and International Human Rights Day on 10 December, the case studies were revealed at the Scottish Parliament last night.

The case studies feature:

Judith Robertson, chair of the Commission, said: “When talking of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted sixty-eight years ago this weekend, Eleanor Roosevelt stressed that human rights must have meaning in the ‘small places, close to home’.

“These projects show how the work taking place through SNAP - Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights - is taking international human rights standards and supporting people to apply them in their everyday lives – realising the right to housing, the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to health.”