Scottish Home Ed Forum zooms into GHEX Virtual Summit 2020

The Scottish Home Education Forum’s co-ordinator was invited to speak at the Global Home Education Exchange Virtual Summit 2020 on the topic of ‘best interests of the child’, with specific reference to home educators’ participation in the successful legal challenge Read More …

Supreme Court reaffirms tribunal powers on human rights

Liberty has reported on an important Supreme Court ruling on the primacy of the Human Rights Act over secondary legislation and the application of unlawful discriminatory policies by public bodies. The Supreme Court has now confirmed that under the Human Read More …

Public inquiry into GIRFEC human rights impact: parliamentary petition update

The Scottish Parliament’s Education & Skills Committee is due to reconsider petition PEO1692 for an independent public inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC policy in the coming weeks.   In order to inform the committee’s further deliberations, joint petitioners Read More …