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Letter to SNP leadership candidates on human rights incorporation

  • Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
  • Type: News Item
  • Published: 2nd March 2023
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The ALLIANCE and branch social research have written to the SNP leadership candidates seeking reassurance on human rights incorporation.

The ALLIANCE and branch social research have written to the candidates standing for SNP leadership and to become Scotland’s new First Minister seeking their reassurance on the commitment to incorporate four United Nations international treaties into Scots law.

The letter highlights the findings of a recently published report, ‘The Opportunity is Now – human rights in health and social care in Scotland: where we’ve been and the journey ahead’. The report – authored by branch social research – seeks to unpack the questions and emerging issues surrounding health, social care and human rights.

One of the key findings within the report was a perception that the commitment to the incorporation of human rights was reliant on Nicola Sturgeon’s tenure as First Minister. This was due to concern in the sector that there is not ‘full buy-in form the Cabinet’.

Incorporation of human rights legislation must be high on the new First Minister’s agenda. The letter asks the SNP leadership candidates to reaffirm their commitment to incorporate four more United Nations human rights treaties into Scots law if they were to become Scotland’s new First Minister.

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Letter to SNP leadership candidates
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