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Universal Periodic Review: Scottish Government response to recommendations issued by the UN Human Rights Council.
Letter from the Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees, 26 January 2024.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
(Input from Equalities and Human Rights Committee) Immediate priority Recommendation 16: First Ministers Advisory Group - Identify timescale for incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the ChildStart 1-3 yearsRecommendation 9: International treaty monitoring - Provide a timetable for Scottish Government Universal Periodic Review actions; within 2 years add recommendations/actions for other UN...
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx</a> [accessed 10 August 2017] (ICESCR) and Article 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).4Convention on the the rights o...
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Firstly, UK secondary legislation will be required under the Scotland Act 1998, to wind up the FC as a cross-border public authority and to provide certain powers to the Scottish Ministers in currently reserved areas; to enable UK-wide arrangements with the UK and Welsh Governments in the area of forestry; and to make arrangements for transferring some of the FC’s property and staff to the Scottish Ministers.
Professor Norrie also expressed concern direct incorporation might create a lack of motivation to advance children’s rights: “We must remember that the UN convention ticks minimum standards”.iiiThe Equalities and Human Rights Committee, 12 November 2020, Official Report Col 3.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 December 2020
Oonagh Brown (SCLD) also wanted the Scheme to refer to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), so young people with learning disabilities, alongside those with other protected characteristics, see themselves in the Bill; otherwise they might not see the Bill as being helpful to them in realising their human rights.iiiThe Equalities and Human Rights Committee, 26 November 2020, Official Report Col 45.