MurrayBlackburnMackenzie@mbmpolicy

Edinburgh-based policy analysis collective, with a background in policy-making, research & communications. By @kathmurray1 @LucyHunterB & @lnmackenzie1

 Edinburgh
murrayblackburnmackenzie.org…
Joined August 2019
1,052 Photos and videos
NEW: Our latest blog provides an update on the now withdrawn Amnesty International UK report 'A Growing Threat'. We trace how AIUK responded to the unfolding controversy and show why it cannot be dismissed as an isolated, unrepresentative incident. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org…

Amnesty International UK: Rights and Wrongs Part 2. A troublesome audit trail - Murray Blackburn...

Introduction This blog updates our previous post, which archived material associated with Amnesty International UK’s decision to publish a report (titled A Growing Threat) containing defamatory...

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org
7
135
285
21,522
NEW: Our latest blog looks at how Police Scotland has invoked the language of human rights to defend its shifting decision-making on sex and gender identity, and highlights a lack of transparency over the advice it is receiving. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org…

Sex, suspects and secrecy: Police Scotland’s elastic approach to human rights   - Murray Blackburn...

Introduction The recent arrest of 30-year-old Eve Shaw, a man previously known as Adam Shaw who identifies as a woman, has reignited the controversy around Police Scotland’s position on sex and...

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org
4
105
268
34,716
more replies
In today's @TheScotsman article, Police Scotland reiterate that its transgender search guidance was: 'developed following extensive advice from our legal team and Independent Human Rights Advisor, as well as engagement with relevant business areas and staff associations.'
1
4
37
1,322
The Scottish Police Authority should ask to see all the advice it has received and question the failure to publish it all.
8
43
556
NEW: Our latest blog provides an update on the now withdrawn Amnesty International UK report 'A Growing Threat'. We trace how AIUK responded to the unfolding controversy and show why it cannot be dismissed as an isolated, unrepresentative incident. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org…

Amnesty International UK: Rights and Wrongs Part 2. A troublesome audit trail - Murray Blackburn...

Introduction This blog updates our previous post, which archived material associated with Amnesty International UK’s decision to publish a report (titled A Growing Threat) containing defamatory...

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org
7
135
285
21,522
UPDATE: This blog shares our most recent exchanges with Amnesty International UK. We continue to seek a direct, unreserved apology from AIUK, more clarity about past events and about how AIUK is addressing the failures it has acknowleged here. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org…

Rights and Wrongs, part 3: unanswered questions - Murray Blackburn Mackenzie

This blog records our continued attempts to obtain a direct, unreserved apology from Amnesty International UK (AIUK), as well as greater clarity about past events and about how AIUK is addressing the...

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org
4
51
172
20,103
The Scottish Government has published the results of its consultation on proposed revisions to the 2017 Stop and Search Code of Practice. This includes changes to rules on strip-searching. Our response is published here. consult.gov.scot/safer-commu…
2
11
33
8,601
more replies
Our response also comments on data collection and drafting clarity. Should the Scottish Government proceed with the "consent" model, we have made the following recommendations.
1
1
11
260
The consultation analysis paper is here: gov.scot/publications/consul… Details of the consultation (and other responses) are here: consult.gov.scot/safer-commu…

Stop and Search of Persons in Scotland - Code of Practice for Constables review: consultation...

This report analyses responses to the public consultation on the draft revised Stop and Search Code of Practice for Constables in Scotland. It summarises respondents' views on the proposed changes,...

gov.scot
1
6
248
Load more