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Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee [Session 6]


Meeting Agenda

20th Meeting, 2024

  • Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
  • Start time: 10:00am
  • Published: Thursday, September 26, 2024 01:59pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.


2 Human Rights (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence from—


Witnesses

Neil Cowan, Scotland Programme Director, Amnesty International UK

Emma Hutton, Chief Executive Officer, JustRight Scotland

Lucy Miller, Policy and Communications Lead, Human Rights Consortium Scotland

Professor Angela O'Hagan, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission

John Wilkes, Head of Scotland, Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland


Professor Katie Boyle, Chair of Human Rights Law and Social Justice, University of Strathclyde

Nicole Busby, Professor of Human Rights, Equality and Justice, University of Glasgow

Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University

Alan Miller, Professor of Practice in Human Rights Law, University of Strathclyde

Dr Andrew Tickell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University



3 Human Rights (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.


4 Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider its approach.



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