Implementation of Concluding Observations supports the progressive realisation of economic, social and cultural rights, and the rights protected in all UN treaties ratified by the UK, and in the context of the Scottish Government’s commitments to exploring a tracker tool, enhancing transparency and accountability for progress, the additional parliamentary scrutiny would greatly assist this process. Accountability for securing these rights is extremely complex and out of reach for many, and the delay to the Human Rights Bill means that legislative mechanisms to improve this remain unavailable at present.