Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
21st Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 09:45am
- Published: Friday, October 27, 2023 10:47am
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.
2 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Reconsideration Stage from—
Witnesses
Nicola Killean, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
Gina Wilson, Head of Strategy, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
Juliet Harris, Director, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
Jan Savage, Executive Director, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Fiona Menzies, Policy Manager, Law Society of Scotland
Councillor Tony Buchanan, Children and Young People Board Spokesperson, COSLA
Derek Frew, Temporary Chief Superintendent, Head of Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing, Police Scotland
Dr Andrew Tickell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
Paper 1 - UNCRC reconsideration - Note by the Clerk 126KB pdf posted 26/10/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/21/1)
EHRCJ/S6/23/21/2(P) (Private Paper)
3 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.