The following is an extract from the RSS Constitution:

RSS is a bottom-up organisation, which distinguishes it from all other pro-independence organisations which are top-down. The advantage of such a federal structure is that the power and decision-making is retained locally, while allowing communications and ideas to flow freely between the local and national levels.

Each unit of RSS is independent and autonomous, retaining its own money and making its own decisions. It does not take orders or instructions from the national level. It is connected to other RSS units and to the national unit by a common objective and a common route to achieving that objective:

• RSS’s common objective is Self-Determination and, if the People so wish, Independence.
• The common route is implementation in Scottish law of two UN-recognised Human Rights: direct Political Rights and Self-Determination. Implementing ICCPR, the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by the UK in 1976 but never enacted in domestic law, will achieve both.
  
  

Political Rights: On 6^th January 2025 RSS launched a Petition which, once agreed to by a majority of MSPs, will finally give real meaning to the term Popular Sovereignty (commonly referred to as Direct Democracy (DD) & Decentralised Direct Democracy (DDD)):
Introduction of the right to Popular Initiatives and Referendums (ICCPR Art. 25). You can sign the Petition here

Self-Determination:  On 19^th December 2024, RSS wrote to the First Minister demanding that MSPs comply with Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 and implement ICCPR, without reservation or reference to devolution, in Scottish legislation (ICCPR Art 1).  In its 4^th February report to the UN Human Rights Committee, the Scottish Human Rights Commission stated: The Scotland Act 1998 requires both the Scottish Parliament and Government to observe and implement all the UK’s international Human Rights obligations.  If MSPs do not support the RSS campaign, soon to be posted on ScotlandDecides.org, they will not be re-elected in 2026.

To achieve the common objective, RSS has defined three strategic priorities:

• Decentralisation
• Direct Democracy
• National Governance
  
  

These three priorities underly the actions of all RSS activists within Local Action Groups as they apply the RSS Campaign model to address local and regional issues.  Should the elected representatives not respect the wishes of the electorate concerned, they will not be re-elected.