This led to the production of a Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA).vPublic Petitions Committee letter to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee, 26 March 2018. Available at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S5_Equal_Opps/20180326ConvenertoEHRiC.pdf
Although Scottish Care were concerned that equality impact assessments in the statutory sector were a paper-based, tick box exercise with little evidence to suggest assessments were being undertaken in a robust manner and degree”, they believed that there was real potential to utilise impact assessments to ensure there is thorough and robust consideration of the potential negative impacts of any proposed legislation, policy development or project intervention, especially upon the lives of those with protected characteristics.vi Scottish Care, Written Submission
In relation to consideration of Scotland’s international obligations in the impact assessment process, Emma Ritch, Engender, advised that the contents of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) were not considered as part of impact assessment processes and policy development.vii Equalities and Human Rights Committee, Official Report, 26 April, Col 31.