Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to promote human rights.
The Scottish Government undertakes a wide variety of activity which promotes, protects, respects and realises human rights.
Further information can be found in the recent answers to questions S5W-05524, S5W-05525, S5W-05679 and S5W-05683 on 9 January 2017, S5W-05681 and S5W-06035 on 19 January 2017, S5W-06037 on 25 January 2017 and S5W-06562 on 3 February 2017. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
Information is also available on the Scottish Government website and in publicly-available documents relating to Scotland's performance under United Nations and Council of Europe human rights treaties. A National Baseline Assessment was conducted last year in connection with the implementation in Scotland of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.