Commissioners
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Jane-Claire Judson
Commissioner
Email Register of InterestJane-Claire is the Chief Executive Officer for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland. She was previously National Director for Diabetes Scotland. Jane-Claire is also currently a Board member at NHS Health Scotland.
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Anna Black
Commissioner
Email Register of InterestDr Anna Black is a GP in Glasgow, a non-executive director of Public Health Scotland and is currently completing her PhD in Public Health at the University of Glasgow which has explored how women who are asylum seekers or refugees access primary healthcare.
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Jacqueline Kinghan
Commissioner
Email Register of InterestDr Jacqueline Kinghan is a human rights lawyer and academic with expertise in access to justice and human rights. She is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Law School where she co-convenes the Forum for Social Justice and Human Rights.
Legal & Policy
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Kavita Chetty
Head of Strategy & Legal
Kavita leads and oversees the development and delivery of the Commission’s strategy and operations. Kavita is a qualified lawyer and an experienced human rights leader and practitioner.
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Barbara Bolton
Head of Legal & Policy
Barbara is a qualified lawyer. She leads the Commission’s Legal and Policy team. Barbara is experienced in litigation and has a background in human rights law.
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Cathy Asante
Legal Officer - Rights Based Approach
Cathy is a qualified solicitor and Legal Officer at the Commission. She leads the Commission’s work in promoting a human rights based approach.
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Eleanor Deeming
Legal Officer
Eleanor is a qualified solicitor and Legal Officer at the Commission. She provides legal and policy advice to support all of the Commission’s functions and leads the Commission’s work on social security. Eleanor is currently on maternity leave.
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Frank Jarvis
Legal Officer
Frank is a qualified solicitor and Legal Officer at the Commission. He provides legal and policy advice to support all of the Commission’s functions.
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Alison Hosie
Research Officer
Alison is the research officer at the Commission. She supports the Commission's research needs by developing and managing external research contracts and undertaking primary and secondary research.
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Eilidh Dickson
Policy & International Officer
Eilidh leads our work on international scrutiny of human rights in Scotland. Eilidh is an experienced policy and advocacy professional with a background in women’s rights.
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Lauren Bruce
Project Worker: Policy & International
Lauren carries out monitoring and tracking of policy, legislative and scrutiny processes and small-scale research at the Commission. She supports ongoing project and planning work across the team.
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Luis Felipe Yanes
Legal Policy Development Officer
Luis Felipe is an experienced expert in economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR). He provides legal policy advice on ESRC topics and supports the Commission’s work on the National Taskforce on Human Rights Leadership.
Communications & Engagement
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Emma Hutton
Head of Comms & Engagement
Emma leads the Commission's communications and engagement work including developing and overseeing strategy, managing our programme of work and leading the team.
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Judy Fladmark
Media and Communications Officer
Judy coordinates and carries out media, social media and wider communications activities for the Commission. She is an experienced producer and journalist and has previously worked for the BBC. Judy is currently on maternity leave.
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Elizabeth Dawson
Media and Communications Officer
Elizabeth carries out a wide range of media and communications work for the Commission. She has a background in third sector communications and experience as a producer and journalist with the BBC.
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Carolyn Scott
Digital Communications Officer
Carolyn develops digital and online content to raise awareness of human rights and the Commission's work. She has a background in journalism and communications in a range of contexts.
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Isla McIntosh
Participation Officer
Isla coordinates and delivers the Commission's work with people and organisations affected by the issues we work on.
Corporate Services
The Head of Corporate Services leads a team of business support administrators that help the Commission's work through a range of services including finance, HR, governance support, information and records management, statutory compliance, IT and facilities. In addition to day-to-day service delivery, the Corporate Services team works to identify and deliver organisational development projects that contribute to the on-going performance of the organisation. The team is the first point of contact for people contacting the Commission.
The Commission's organisational structure is set out in this diagram.