Scottish Human Rights Commission Awarded UN A Status for Second Time

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Human Rights Commission on achieving its A Status, awarded for the second time by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions; considers that this award will enable Scotland’s voice to be heard on human rights issues at the highest international levels, with the commission reporting directly to the United Nations (UN) on Scotland’s implementation of human rights treaties as well as being part of UN bodies such as the Human Rights Council; notes the wish of Professor Alan Miller, chair of the commission, to “continue to share lessons with other countries from progressive initiatives like Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights and to work with peer commissions to tackle contemporary human rights issues around the world”, and understands that A Status allows the commission to continue to chair the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, whose projects aim to advance the rights of older people across Europe and address the migration crisis in the Mediterranean.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 18 Lab 5 Ind 2 Green 1 Con 1 LD 1

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