A Human Rights Approach to Land - (Kirsteen Shields)

The second episode of Landscapes features an interview with Dr Kirsteen Shields, Lecturer in International Law and Food Security at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security at the University of Edinburgh.

Kirsteen was the first person to introduce me to the Land Reform debate happening in Scotland and has played a role in informing high level thinking on the Acts themselves. Particularly, we talk about the fundamental balancing act between rights to property and rights to pretty much everything else.

Episode Links

• Human Rights and the Work of the Scottish Land Commission, a discussion paper by Dr Kirsteen Shields

• An article from the Guardian in 2020 about the House of Commons debates on free school meals over holiday periods