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Abstract
The Scotland Act 2016 devolves new social security powers to the Scottish Parliament. Although its new powers are limited, accounting for only 15% of expenditure on non-pension benefits, the Scottish Government has given an ambitious set of commitments for a devolved system. “Respect for the dignity of individuals” is at the heart of this vision. Social security is recognised in international human rights law as being crucial to the protection of human dignity. While human dignity is a core concept in human rights law, it is a poorly defined one and respect has no legal definition.The Equality and Human Rights Commission contracted Ulster University to look at how social security systems in other countries encompass dignity and respect. This report of their research proposes a legally-grounded definition of dignity and respect and discusses possible means of embedding dignity and respect as core principles underpinning social security in Scotland.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Equality and Human Rights Commission |
Number of pages | 110 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Aug 2017 |
Keywords
- Social security
- Devolution
- Human Rights
- Social Rights
- Social Justice
- Human dignity
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Activities
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Oral evidence to UK Parliament's Scottish Affairs Committee
Grainne Mc Keever (Speaker)
16 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Administrative Justice Council meeting
Grainne Mc Keever (Speaker)
31 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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AJC/Justice working group on benefit decision making
Grainne Mc Keever (Participant)
2020 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Research output
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Conceptualising dignity in the context of social security: bottom-up and top-down perspectives
Patrick, R. & Simpson, M., 13 Aug 2019, In: Social Policy and Administration. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure) -
From principles to practice: social security in the Scottish laboratory of democracy
Simpson, M., McKeever, G. & Gray, A., 12 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Social Security Law. 26, 1, p. 13-31 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Protecting dignity, fighting poverty and promoting social inclusion in devolved social security
Simpson, M., 6 Jun 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper