DECLARATION took place at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow from 3-6 March. The festival was the result of a unique partnership between NHS Health Scotland, the Mental Health Foundation, the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde.
The programme featured 30 events - a mixture of film screenings, performances, debates, workshops and provocations, each one inspired by one of the 30 articles in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a focus on how human rights and the right to health come alive in Scotland today.
Article 28: Right to a Social and International Order
The UK government is planning to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. While First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to block the move in Scotland, the plan has provoked a huge, ongoing debate about how human rights are best protected. We gather together a panel of experts to debate the issue – and consider what replacing such an important piece of human rights legislation could mean in general and also for our right to health in Scotland.
Chaired by Joyce McMillan, theatre critic, journalist and campaigner for democracy and human rights, the panel also features Naomi McAuliffe, Amnesty International's Programme Director in Scotland and Dr Iris Elliot, Head of Research and Policy at the Mental Health Foundation.
