Scotland’s Human Rights Festival 2026 will be the first national, multi-day festival dedicated to celebrating, explaining and strengthening support for human rights across the country. Taking place from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 December 2026, the festival is Scotland-wide, with a mix of online, hybrid and in-person events.
Human rights are often framed as legal language, political argument or something that only applies to other people. Scotland’s Human Rights Festival exists to close that gap.
The festival has a clear purpose: to make human rights more visible, more accessible and more relevant. We are bringing human rights out of policy papers and into stages, streets, screens and conversations across Scotland.
Download the full festival programme here.
Some events will inform. Some will challenge. Some will entertain.
Led by Human Rights Consortium Scotland and in collaboration with core partners Art27 Scotland and Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights.
