New Board Members: Join Us!
Making Rights Real is a human rights organisation in Scotland that works with communities and grassroots activists to deliver human rights for everyone. We launched in 2020 and are currently developing human rights initiatives with community groups. We are keen…
Reflections on a student placement with Making Rights Real
Hannah Kitchen Kirby completed a student placement with Making Rights Real in 2022, while studying for her Masters in Adult Education, Community Development and Youth Work. She tells us about her experiences here. My student placement with Making Rights Real…
A People’s Response to a Human Rights Bill in Scotland
On 14 September, MRR and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) co-hosted a virtual gathering for people we are working alongside to express their views on the new Human Rights Bill. The conversation focused on rights and duties, access to…
Why Community Development?
Making Rights Real features as a good practice example in a new guide produced by the Community Development Alliance Scotland (CDAS). Why Community Development? Our Collective Impact explains what community development is and focuses on case studies from around the…
Travellers’ Rights: Our Rights Matters
Travellers in Perth and Kinross are experiencing significant human rights issues and today launched a groundbreaking report Our Human Rights Matter: A Human Rights Monitoring Report by residents of Double Dykes, Perth that sets out their concerns. People at Double…
Review of SEVEN, Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline 9th September 2023
by Ann Thallon Seven: A Human Rights Documentary Drama: Scottish Public Première, brought to Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall Studio, by ‘Making Rights Real’, 9.9.23. Described as ‘a riveting piece of documentary theatre, SEVEN tells the true stories of seven women who…
Join us Thursday 14th September to form a people’s response to the Human Rights Bill for Scotland!
A people’s response – make your voice heard about the Human Rights Bill in Scotland! Thursday, 14th September 2023 @ 7pm on ZOOM Join us for an online consultation event to make your voice heard about the Human Rights Bill…
Cabinet Secretary responds to concerns raised about UNCRC Incorporation Bill
From the desk of Human Rights Consortium Scotland Children’s rights organisations have received a response from the Scottish Government regarding their concerns over the lack of progress in amending and commencing the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. In the initial letter, the…
Human rights play brings women’s voices to the Carnegie Hall in first Scottish public performance
“If you put equal rights at the heart of the thing, you have to be sure that everyone is at the table” Inez McCormack Two Dunfermline performances will take place in the Carnegie Hall on 9th September at 3.30pm and…
Human Rights Bill and UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill — a Call for Swift Action
Prominent Scottish organisations have raised concerns over the delay in amending and commencing the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. The organisations express disappointment that the Reconsideration process for the UNCRC Bill has not yet begun. They refer to previous correspondence with…