Joint Letter to the First Minister of Scotland to Reverse Delaying Scottish Human Rights Bill

The Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) has issued a letter to the First Minister on behalf of over 100 organisations (including Community Policy Forum) and members of lived experience boards who have helped shape the Scottish Human Rights Bill up until this point. The letter expresses profound disappointment in the Scottish Government’s recent decision to delay the introduction of the Scottish Human Rights Bill in this parliamentary session. This Bill, crucial for incorporating international human rights treaties into Scots law, is now absent from the legislative programme, signalling a troubling reduction in the priority given to human rights at a critical time.

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