Scotland’s Human Rights Festival 2026
Scotland’s Human Rights Festival | 9 - 13 December 2026
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.
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.
Festival Programme
Download the full festival programme PDF here. Plain text version available here.
Please donate to keep the festival going
Human Rights Consortium Scotland and our partners do not receive any regular funding to coordinate and host Scotland’s Human Rights Festival. We also try to keep entry free of charge for as many events as possible - just a small number are charged for and will always feature concession or tiered pricing.
We also want the festival to become a regular fixture in Scotland’s cultural calendar.
To make all of this happen we need your support – every donation helps, no matter how small.
You can donate by visiting our homepage.
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Scotland’s Human Rights Festival 2026 is made possible with support from:
The National (official media partner)
If you have any queries about the festival or are interested in sponsoring the event please get in touch at events@hrcscotland.org.
Download the festival logo here.
