JustRight Scotland
@justrightscotland.org.uk
We use the law to defend and extend people’s rights.
📢 Nearly half of the world’s women and girls - 1.8 billion - have no legal protection from digital violence.
⚠️ This is unacceptable.
This year’s #16Days campaign calls for #NoExcuse for online abuse.
🔗 www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
⚠️ This is unacceptable.
This year’s #16Days campaign calls for #NoExcuse for online abuse.
🔗 www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📢 Nearly half of the world’s women and girls - 1.8 billion - have no legal protection from digital violence.
⚠️ This is unacceptable.
This year’s #16Days campaign calls for #NoExcuse for online abuse.
🔗 www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
⚠️ This is unacceptable.
This year’s #16Days campaign calls for #NoExcuse for online abuse.
🔗 www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
📣 We, at JustRight Scotland, are deeply concerned about the UK Government’s proposed reforms, which prioritise punitive measures over protection and fair process.
⚖️ We call on the government to focus on safe and legal routes.
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/our-...
⚖️ We call on the government to focus on safe and legal routes.
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/our-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
📣 We, at JustRight Scotland, are deeply concerned about the UK Government’s proposed reforms, which prioritise punitive measures over protection and fair process.
⚖️ We call on the government to focus on safe and legal routes.
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/our-...
⚖️ We call on the government to focus on safe and legal routes.
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/our-...
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
Britain’s asylum system is broken - uncaring, chaotic & costly. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
On the day the Government announces plans to erode asylum rights, new research by us & @pcsunion.bsky.social by @lsepress.bsky.social shows a fairer system could help refugees & boost the economy
🧵
On the day the Government announces plans to erode asylum rights, new research by us & @pcsunion.bsky.social by @lsepress.bsky.social shows a fairer system could help refugees & boost the economy
🧵
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Britain’s asylum system is broken - uncaring, chaotic & costly. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
On the day the Government announces plans to erode asylum rights, new research by us & @pcsunion.bsky.social by @lsepress.bsky.social shows a fairer system could help refugees & boost the economy
🧵
On the day the Government announces plans to erode asylum rights, new research by us & @pcsunion.bsky.social by @lsepress.bsky.social shows a fairer system could help refugees & boost the economy
🧵
As we reflect on #ProBonoWeek, we’re spotlighting our partnership with Dentons and KIND UK - and Senior Associate Florinda Soldani’s reflections:
“Pro bono work is about access to justice… The KIND project bridges that gap.”
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/usin...
#WeDoProBono
“Pro bono work is about access to justice… The KIND project bridges that gap.”
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/usin...
#WeDoProBono
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As we reflect on #ProBonoWeek, we’re spotlighting our partnership with Dentons and KIND UK - and Senior Associate Florinda Soldani’s reflections:
“Pro bono work is about access to justice… The KIND project bridges that gap.”
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/usin...
#WeDoProBono
“Pro bono work is about access to justice… The KIND project bridges that gap.”
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/usin...
#WeDoProBono
🏠 No one should be forced onto the streets after finding safety in the UK.
We can – and must – change that. It’s time for compassion, not crisis.
We’ve signed an open letter calling for change.
👉 Read here: assets.ctfassets.net/6sqqfrl11sfj...
#RightToHome
We can – and must – change that. It’s time for compassion, not crisis.
We’ve signed an open letter calling for change.
👉 Read here: assets.ctfassets.net/6sqqfrl11sfj...
#RightToHome
assets.ctfassets.net
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🏠 No one should be forced onto the streets after finding safety in the UK.
We can – and must – change that. It’s time for compassion, not crisis.
We’ve signed an open letter calling for change.
👉 Read here: assets.ctfassets.net/6sqqfrl11sfj...
#RightToHome
We can – and must – change that. It’s time for compassion, not crisis.
We’ve signed an open letter calling for change.
👉 Read here: assets.ctfassets.net/6sqqfrl11sfj...
#RightToHome
It’s #ProBonoWeek! 🎉
We’re kicking things off by spotlighting our work with @KINDUK and Norton Rose Fulbright — supporting vulnerable children and young people in the UK with vital immigration + nationality legal advice.
⚖️ Read more: www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/pro-...
#WeDoProBono
We’re kicking things off by spotlighting our work with @KINDUK and Norton Rose Fulbright — supporting vulnerable children and young people in the UK with vital immigration + nationality legal advice.
⚖️ Read more: www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/pro-...
#WeDoProBono
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It’s #ProBonoWeek! 🎉
We’re kicking things off by spotlighting our work with @KINDUK and Norton Rose Fulbright — supporting vulnerable children and young people in the UK with vital immigration + nationality legal advice.
⚖️ Read more: www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/pro-...
#WeDoProBono
We’re kicking things off by spotlighting our work with @KINDUK and Norton Rose Fulbright — supporting vulnerable children and young people in the UK with vital immigration + nationality legal advice.
⚖️ Read more: www.justrightscotland.org.uk/2025/11/pro-...
#WeDoProBono
Change for the better happens when we stand together ✊
Our CEO Emma Hutton led us in Edinburgh on Sat, Oct 25, marching with @povertyalliance.org for a fairer #Scotland 🧡
This is just the start - hope, solidarity, and a better Scotland for all.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter #EndPoverty #StandTogether
Our CEO Emma Hutton led us in Edinburgh on Sat, Oct 25, marching with @povertyalliance.org for a fairer #Scotland 🧡
This is just the start - hope, solidarity, and a better Scotland for all.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter #EndPoverty #StandTogether
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Change for the better happens when we stand together ✊
Our CEO Emma Hutton led us in Edinburgh on Sat, Oct 25, marching with @povertyalliance.org for a fairer #Scotland 🧡
This is just the start - hope, solidarity, and a better Scotland for all.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter #EndPoverty #StandTogether
Our CEO Emma Hutton led us in Edinburgh on Sat, Oct 25, marching with @povertyalliance.org for a fairer #Scotland 🧡
This is just the start - hope, solidarity, and a better Scotland for all.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter #EndPoverty #StandTogether
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
🕵🏽 Looking for a legal traineeship in the UK? Want to ✨make a real difference✨ by using #law to challenge injustice and #inequality?
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🕵🏽 Looking for a legal traineeship in the UK? Want to ✨make a real difference✨ by using #law to challenge injustice and #inequality?
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
Advice changes lives. Advisers make it happen.
This #AdviceWeek, we’re joining @adviceuk.bsky.social to celebrate their impact - and to call for the support they deserve.
#AdviceSaves #AdviceWorks
This #AdviceWeek, we’re joining @adviceuk.bsky.social to celebrate their impact - and to call for the support they deserve.
#AdviceSaves #AdviceWorks
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Advice changes lives. Advisers make it happen.
This #AdviceWeek, we’re joining @adviceuk.bsky.social to celebrate their impact - and to call for the support they deserve.
#AdviceSaves #AdviceWorks
This #AdviceWeek, we’re joining @adviceuk.bsky.social to celebrate their impact - and to call for the support they deserve.
#AdviceSaves #AdviceWorks
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
🤔 The far-right is rising - what is to be done?
The latest issue of @thirdforcenews.bsky.social explores this urgent question, with voices from organisations, including @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social and @scvo.scot
🧵
The latest issue of @thirdforcenews.bsky.social explores this urgent question, with voices from organisations, including @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social and @scvo.scot
🧵
October 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🤔 The far-right is rising - what is to be done?
The latest issue of @thirdforcenews.bsky.social explores this urgent question, with voices from organisations, including @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social and @scvo.scot
🧵
The latest issue of @thirdforcenews.bsky.social explores this urgent question, with voices from organisations, including @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social and @scvo.scot
🧵
⚖️ In a landmark admission, the Scottish Prison Service has admitted breaching human rights law by causing Allan Marshall’s death through unlawful restraint at HMP Edinburgh in 2015.
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/learn-more/p...
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/learn-more/p...
Bot Verification
www.justrightscotland.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
⚖️ In a landmark admission, the Scottish Prison Service has admitted breaching human rights law by causing Allan Marshall’s death through unlawful restraint at HMP Edinburgh in 2015.
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/learn-more/p...
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/learn-more/p...
📣 We support this joint statement by 150+ lawyers and refugee organisations highlighting the rise of hostility towards those helping migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
🗣️ We call for an end to media narratives that stoke division.
🗣️ We call for an end to media narratives that stoke division.
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📣 We support this joint statement by 150+ lawyers and refugee organisations highlighting the rise of hostility towards those helping migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
🗣️ We call for an end to media narratives that stoke division.
🗣️ We call for an end to media narratives that stoke division.
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
We've updated the route and timings information for the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march and rally!
www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We've updated the route and timings information for the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march and rally!
www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
📣 A call to #Aberdeen citizens! Change happens when we stand together to demand it!
📆 Tue 23 Sep, 7pm 📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SWqKTA5msQ9L...
With speakers from the Station House Media Unit, the Church of Scotland, Tillydrone Community Flat, and Aberdeen TUC.
www.povertyalliance.org/event/aberde...
📆 Tue 23 Sep, 7pm 📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SWqKTA5msQ9L...
With speakers from the Station House Media Unit, the Church of Scotland, Tillydrone Community Flat, and Aberdeen TUC.
www.povertyalliance.org/event/aberde...
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📣 A call to #Aberdeen citizens! Change happens when we stand together to demand it!
📆 Tue 23 Sep, 7pm 📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SWqKTA5msQ9L...
With speakers from the Station House Media Unit, the Church of Scotland, Tillydrone Community Flat, and Aberdeen TUC.
www.povertyalliance.org/event/aberde...
📆 Tue 23 Sep, 7pm 📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SWqKTA5msQ9L...
With speakers from the Station House Media Unit, the Church of Scotland, Tillydrone Community Flat, and Aberdeen TUC.
www.povertyalliance.org/event/aberde...
📢 Over 120 charities have come together to back two vital amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, being debated today in the House of Lords.
🗞️ Read more: bit.ly/3Vj5lVp
🗞️ Read more: bit.ly/3Vj5lVp
Press Release: Over 120 charities unite in call for Ministers to put children’s rights at the heart of UK law | CRAE
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
📢 Over 120 charities have come together to back two vital amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, being debated today in the House of Lords.
🗞️ Read more: bit.ly/3Vj5lVp
🗞️ Read more: bit.ly/3Vj5lVp
"There was a clear issue of fairness and human rights at stake."
⚖️ That’s how our Legal Director & Partner, Andy Sirel, describes a landmark change in Scotland’s tuition rules.
🤔 Curious? Listen to Andy on @lawmanity.com: lawmanity.com/podcast/
#podcast #AccessToEducation #HumanRights
⚖️ That’s how our Legal Director & Partner, Andy Sirel, describes a landmark change in Scotland’s tuition rules.
🤔 Curious? Listen to Andy on @lawmanity.com: lawmanity.com/podcast/
#podcast #AccessToEducation #HumanRights
September 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"There was a clear issue of fairness and human rights at stake."
⚖️ That’s how our Legal Director & Partner, Andy Sirel, describes a landmark change in Scotland’s tuition rules.
🤔 Curious? Listen to Andy on @lawmanity.com: lawmanity.com/podcast/
#podcast #AccessToEducation #HumanRights
⚖️ That’s how our Legal Director & Partner, Andy Sirel, describes a landmark change in Scotland’s tuition rules.
🤔 Curious? Listen to Andy on @lawmanity.com: lawmanity.com/podcast/
#podcast #AccessToEducation #HumanRights
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
📣 Our member @officialsyp.bsky.social launched their brand-new manifesto: Dear Scotland’s Future. This document gathers the views of almost 5,000 young people and presents an agenda for the changes they want to see at both local and national levels.
➡️ syp.org.uk/manifesto/
➡️ syp.org.uk/manifesto/
Dear Scotland’s Future - Scottish Youth Parliament
What's Next? Over the next five years, Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) will use this manifesto to campaign on the issues that matter most to young people, working with decision-makers...
syp.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📣 Our member @officialsyp.bsky.social launched their brand-new manifesto: Dear Scotland’s Future. This document gathers the views of almost 5,000 young people and presents an agenda for the changes they want to see at both local and national levels.
➡️ syp.org.uk/manifesto/
➡️ syp.org.uk/manifesto/
🕐 It’s been a week since the Home Secretary shut down #FamilyReunion - a route once praised as safe and legal for refugees desperate to be with loved ones: bit.ly/3UW6Dp6
#RefugeeRights #AccessToJustice #HumanRights
#RefugeeRights #AccessToJustice #HumanRights
September 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🕐 It’s been a week since the Home Secretary shut down #FamilyReunion - a route once praised as safe and legal for refugees desperate to be with loved ones: bit.ly/3UW6Dp6
#RefugeeRights #AccessToJustice #HumanRights
#RefugeeRights #AccessToJustice #HumanRights
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
Angry about the state of things? Change happens when we come together to demand it!
Come along to hear how we can get #Edinburgh citizens mobilised for the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march on #25Oct.
🙏 Please share with your networks.
Come along to hear how we can get #Edinburgh citizens mobilised for the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march on #25Oct.
🙏 Please share with your networks.
September 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Angry about the state of things? Change happens when we come together to demand it!
Come along to hear how we can get #Edinburgh citizens mobilised for the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march on #25Oct.
🙏 Please share with your networks.
Come along to hear how we can get #Edinburgh citizens mobilised for the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march on #25Oct.
🙏 Please share with your networks.
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
Join #ScotlandDemandsBetter activists and organisations from across the country, sharing what's been working to get people mobilised to take part in the march for all of us. Lots of help and advice!
1pm
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
7pm us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
1pm
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
7pm us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join #ScotlandDemandsBetter activists and organisations from across the country, sharing what's been working to get people mobilised to take part in the march for all of us. Lots of help and advice!
1pm
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
7pm us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
1pm
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
7pm us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
We are increasingly alarmed at the way women’s rights and safety are being weaponised to demonise minorities across the UK. This kind of distortion of the facts only causes harm to individuals and communities and does nothing to end violence against women and girls.
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We are increasingly alarmed at the way women’s rights and safety are being weaponised to demonise minorities across the UK. This kind of distortion of the facts only causes harm to individuals and communities and does nothing to end violence against women and girls.
📢 92% of refugee family reunion visas go to women & children.
❌ Today, that safe route has been suspended.
⚖️ Children from Afghanistan, Sudan & Gaza will remain separated from parents & siblings.
🛑 Closing safe routes will push more people into harm.
🔗 Read our full statement: bit.ly/3UW6Dp6
❌ Today, that safe route has been suspended.
⚖️ Children from Afghanistan, Sudan & Gaza will remain separated from parents & siblings.
🛑 Closing safe routes will push more people into harm.
🔗 Read our full statement: bit.ly/3UW6Dp6
September 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢 92% of refugee family reunion visas go to women & children.
❌ Today, that safe route has been suspended.
⚖️ Children from Afghanistan, Sudan & Gaza will remain separated from parents & siblings.
🛑 Closing safe routes will push more people into harm.
🔗 Read our full statement: bit.ly/3UW6Dp6
❌ Today, that safe route has been suspended.
⚖️ Children from Afghanistan, Sudan & Gaza will remain separated from parents & siblings.
🛑 Closing safe routes will push more people into harm.
🔗 Read our full statement: bit.ly/3UW6Dp6
We’re representing a family fighting for their home and way of life.
⚖️ This is the first civil court case to test how Scotland’s new UNCRC law works in practice.
📜 It also relies on Article 8 of the ECHR - the right to respect for private and family life.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
⚖️ This is the first civil court case to test how Scotland’s new UNCRC law works in practice.
📜 It also relies on Article 8 of the ECHR - the right to respect for private and family life.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Showpeople family go into battle over Glasgow council eviction
Showman Jimmy Stringfellow is facing the fight of his life - to save his Clydeside home.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We’re representing a family fighting for their home and way of life.
⚖️ This is the first civil court case to test how Scotland’s new UNCRC law works in practice.
📜 It also relies on Article 8 of the ECHR - the right to respect for private and family life.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
⚖️ This is the first civil court case to test how Scotland’s new UNCRC law works in practice.
📜 It also relies on Article 8 of the ECHR - the right to respect for private and family life.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by JustRight Scotland
Standing in solidarity in the face of far right hate
It's easy to feel powerless in the face of hate, says Emma Hutton of JustRight Scotland, but we must stand firm
buff.ly/l54hCe6
@justrightscotland.org.uk
It's easy to feel powerless in the face of hate, says Emma Hutton of JustRight Scotland, but we must stand firm
buff.ly/l54hCe6
@justrightscotland.org.uk
Standing in solidarity in the face of far right hate - TFN
It's easy to feel powerless in the face of hate, says Emma Hutton but we must stand firm
buff.ly
August 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Standing in solidarity in the face of far right hate
It's easy to feel powerless in the face of hate, says Emma Hutton of JustRight Scotland, but we must stand firm
buff.ly/l54hCe6
@justrightscotland.org.uk
It's easy to feel powerless in the face of hate, says Emma Hutton of JustRight Scotland, but we must stand firm
buff.ly/l54hCe6
@justrightscotland.org.uk