Coalition for Human Rights in Health and Care

Established in 2021, the Coalition for Human Rights in Health and Care (formerly the Action Group for Advancing Human Rights in Health and Social Care) is a multi-stakeholder forum, comprised of rights holders, duty bearers and civil society organisations from across the Scottish health and care landscape. The group includes members from the third sector, the public sector, academia, and people with lived experience.

Purpose

The aim of the Coalition is to bring together rights holders and duty bearers to give focus to human rights development in health and social care.

The Coalition:

• shares information and best practice on human rights in health and social care,
• raises awareness and advocates for human rights based approaches to be understood and made real, and
• promotes and develops new human rights initiatives.

Background

The founding members of this group were members of the Health and Social Care Action Group formed under Scotland’s first National Action Plan (SNAP1). Members expressed an interest to transform into an equalities and human rights group, focused on health and social care.

Contacts

For more information about the Coalition, please contact:

Lucy Mulvagh, Director of Policy, Research and Impact at lucy.mulvagh@alliance-scotland.org.uk

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