BACK in 2021, the Scottish Government announced plans to introduce a new Human Rights Bill. The aim is to incorporate four UN human rights treaties…
BACK in 2021, the Scottish Government announced plans to introduce a new Human Rights Bill. The aim is to incorporate four UN human rights treaties into Scots law, focusing on economic, social and cultural rights, as well as on women’s rights, race and disability.
Many human rights charities highlighted the dangers of the UK Government’s direction at the time, which would have left those already vulnerable without protection and gifted public bodies with even less scrutiny. The consultation is welcome, especially after serious delays, but the proposals do not go far enough and it is disappointing to see it does not represent the resources that many organisations, mainly from the third sector, have dedicated to shape the possible legislation.
“Minimum core”, in this context, refers to a baseline of social, economic and cultural rights that every state should implement right away. So, while some rights would be progressively realised over a while, some others must be fulfilled immediately, regardless of wealth or the overall conditions of the country.
TO reach a consensus on what those red lines should be and what they would mean in practice, there must be a wide-ranging, accessible, public participatory process to ensure that those who need this new legislation the most have a say about what matters to them.
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