Abstract
This Chapter seeks to complement the Chapter on England and Wales by focusing upon the distinctly Scottish issues created by the existence of a separate legal system and the more recent emergence of devolved government. It considers the ‘incorporation’ of regional protection provided by the European Convention on Human Rights, seeks to examine the extent to which international human rights standards are of any influence in the development of domestic human rights protection, and addressed the complex inter-relationships between two key legislative enactments giving effect to ECHR guarantees on the one hand, and the human rights standards of the two ‘Europes’, the Council of Europe and the European Union on the other. The Chapter concludes by noting the creation of a distinct national human rights institution for Scotland.
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Please note that this chapter concentrates upon Scots law. Chapter 11 covers the situation in the United Kingdom as far as international human rights norms are concerned. This chapter seeks to address the particular perspective of Scots law on key questions. The text draws upon Lord Reed and Murdoch, J (2011) Human Rights Law in Scotland (3rd edn), Bloomsbury, Edinburgh.
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E.g. Al Adsani v United Kingdom 2001-XI [GC] (UN Convention against Torture), International Labour Organisation instruments (e.g. Van der Mussele v Belgium (1983) A 70 (ILO Convention on Forced or Compulsory Labour), EU instruments (Vilho Eskelinen v Finland 2007-XX [GC] (EU Charter on Fundamental Rights)) and other international conventions (e.g. Marckx v Belgium (1979) A 31 (Brussels Convention on the Establishment of Maternal Affiliation of Natural Children)).
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E.g. Fayed v United Kingdom (1994) Series A no 294-B.
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See e.g. the issues identified by Lord Mance in his dissenting speech in Somerville v Scottish Ministers 2008 SC (HL) 45, 182–192.
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See in particular Assanidzé v Georgia [GC] 2004-II, 202–203.
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Murdoch, J. (2013). The Binding Effect of the ECHR in the United Kingdom – Views from Scotland. In: Arnold, R. (eds) The Universalism of Human Rights. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4510-0_12
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