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Scotland has chance to become world leader on human rights, Amnesty says

Naomi McAuliffe is Amnesty International’s Scotland programme director AMNESTY International has said Scotland has the opportunity to be a world leader with new human rights laws. Scottish Government Equalities Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville yesterday unveiled the proposals, which would see legislation introduced to improve human rights for women, disabled people and minority ethnic communities. The bill would also have a key impact on poverty, housing, health, social care, drugs policy and other issues. The four UN treaties are the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Housing is a matter of life and death : Plea for more support after sharp rise in homeless deaths

© PA Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A “shocking” rise in the number of homeless deaths across Tayside and Fife has sparked calls for more social housing to be made available. New figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show there were 216 deaths  in 2019, about three times the figure for England and Wales. More than half (54%) were said to be drug-related. In Fife the numbers trebled in the space of a year, from six in 2018 to 15. There were nine deaths in Dundee City, up from six, and another six in Perth and Kinross. Two deaths were recorded in Angus, compared to none the year before.

Housing is a matter of life and death : Plea for more support after sharp rise in homeless deaths

Housing is a matter of life and death : Plea for more support after sharp rise in homeless deaths
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