I In September 2025, the Beyond COP team delivered a week-long project in Edinburgh involving UNAS Earth Ambassadors and engagement with schools, community organisations, Parliamentarians, and civil society. The week included school workshops, Model United Nations sessions, a roundtable at the Scottish Parliament, meetings with climate NGOs, and public events, all aimed at encouraging community-based climate action and global citizenship. This post presents the Ambassadors’ o

UNHS Blog Post                                                                              Human Rights Day 2025 by Luisa Hofmann & Beatrice Hart-Brown   On this Human Rights Day, the UN’s reminder that human rights are “our everyday essentials” is more than a theme. It is both a warning and hope because in today’s world these essentials often feel fragile, too distant, unachievable and something we increasingly lose appreciation for. We live in an age of multiplying conflic

Author: Georgiana F Bugeag UNHS Human Rights Team     On this Human Rights Day, we highlight the essential role that human rights play in shaping a just and equitable future for all. This day offers an occasion for both commemoration and scrutiny. While the global human rights system continues to affirm the universality and indivisibility of rights, the lived experience of women and girls across all regions reveals persistent structural inequalities, systemic violence, and po

On Tuesday 11th December, 2025, UN House Scotland were delighted to host Ryan Conover's , a former United Nations House Scotland intern, for their seminar titled: “Playing Fast and Loose: A Critical Assessment of the United States’ Engagement with the International Human Rights Regime.” How much leeway does the United States have in shaping or bending the norms and principles of the International Human Rights Regime? Has it transgressed the norms, threatening the regime’s sta