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Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum 

The Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum (LAHRAF) is an expert forum that discusses the relationship between property rights and wider economic, social, and cultural rights.

We have set up the forum through a partnership with the University of Strathclyde to explore how human rights can be a facilitator for progressing land reform in Scotland. 

The LAHRAF brings together leading legal thinkers with expertise in land, property and human rights, from academia and practice, to provide independent, impartial advice to the Commission on the human rights implications of policy proposals and ideas. 

The members of the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum are:

  • Malcolm Combe (Chair), Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Strathclyde
  • Dr Jill Robbie, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Glasgow
  • Prof Alan Miller, Professor, University of Strathclyde
  • Dr Kirsteen Shields, Senior Lecturer in International Law & Food Security, University of Edinburgh
  • Prof John A. Lovett, De Van D. Daggett, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans
  • Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Retired QC, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Dundee
  • Craig Whelton, Partner, Burges Salmon
  • Eilidh Ross, Camus Consulting
  • Prof Katie Boyle, Professor of Human Rights & Social Justice Law, University of Strathclyde
  • Prof Juanita Pienaar, Professor in Private Law, Vice Dean: Research & Internationalisation, Stellenbosch University
  • Megan MacInnes (Observer), Scottish Land Commissioner

Notes from the Land and Human Rights Forum

A view of housing in Glasgow

Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum publications

  • Governance & Ownership

Land Lines - Balancing rights and interests in Scottish land reform

The seventh in our series of Land Lines discussion papers, by James Mure QC, looks at the current legal context of human rights law in Scotland and its implications for any new proposals addressing land ownership.

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