Recommendation Given the international human rights obligations to which the UK has committed to comply with (including progressive realisation and non- retrogression); the potential impacts on the current enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights that the bill would have; and the lack of guarantees that all fundamental human rights protections will be guaranteed or that any retrogressive measure will be implemented after the most careful consideration has been given to people’s rights; the Commission recommends the Scottish Parliament to not grant consent to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. 1 Further information available at https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3340 2 See full evidence at https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe- external-affairs-and-culture-committee/law-society-of-scotland.pdf 3 Full evidence available at https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe- external-affairs-and-culture-committee/foa.pdf 4 See evidence at https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe-external- affairs-and-culture-committee/ukela.pdf 5 Evidence available at https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe- external-affairs-and-culture-committee/link.pdf 6 See full written evidence at https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution- europe-external-affairs-and-culture-committee/rspb-scotland.pdf 7 See report by the Public Law Project at https://publiclawproject.org.uk/content/uploads/2022/10/Second-Reading-Commons-Briefing-REUL- Bill-final.pdf 9 8 See analysis by the Marine Conservation Society at https://www.mcsuk.org/news/analysis-the- retained-eu-law-bill/ 9 See briefing paper by the Employment Lawyers Association at https://www.elaweb.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/ELA_REU_Bill_BriefingPaper_22Oct22_FINAL.pdf 10 See report by the Public Law Project at https://publiclawproject.org.uk/content/uploads/2022/10/Second-Reading-Commons-Briefing-REUL- Bill-final.pdf 11 See report by the Public Law Project at https://publiclawproject.org.uk/content/uploads/2022/10/Second-Reading-Commons-Briefing-REUL- Bill-final.pdf 12 See https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe-external-affairs-and- culture-committee/foa.pdf 13 See UN...