Justice

Committee calls for greater engagement on FGM bill

The Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill passed stage one today

Defamation to be enshrined in Scots law

The law aims to strike a “better balance” between protecting reputation and freedom of expression

John Finnie to stand down at 2021 Scottish Parliament election

Rape victims don't feel justice served, study finds

New national leadership group to strengthen community justice in Scotland

Scottish Government pays out £500,000 in legal costs to Alex Salmond

Legal bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament begins in Edinburgh

Committee demands ‘answers’ over allowing prisoner voting in Shetland by-election

Prisoners allowed to vote in Shetland by-election

Justice Committee to investigate overcrowding in Scottish prisons

Human Rights Commission to intervene in Serco lock-change case

Losing sight of women’s rights: policy capture and public policy

Scottish trans policy 'detrimental' to women and girls

Prison overcrowding needs ‘immediate action’, HLS warns

MPs to take UK Government to court over power to suspend parliament ahead of Brexit

Tackling Scotland's drug crisis needs to be put ahead of political point-scoring

Scotland's public health minister calls for 'urgent' meeting with Sajid Javid on drugs crisis

Who owns the drug problem, and who is to be bold?

Dog control laws not fit for purpose, warn MSPs

MEP brands US migrant detention centres 'concentration camps'

Cross-party call for 'radical action' on drug deaths

Death from drugs reaches highest ever level

Brexit has challenged intergovernmental relations ‘within an inch of their lives’

Sexual health charities urge Scottish Government to proceed with Gender Recognition Act reforms

Blogger ordered to pay Kezia Dugdale's legal costs in defamation case

Lord Advocate 'simply cannot' approve safe injecting rooms without drug law reform