In May 2009 the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the progress made by the UK in realising the human rights protected by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

On 10 December 2008 the Commission launched a nationwide consultation on the development of its first Strategic Plan. Through an online questionnaire and a series of 18 consultation meetings across the 8 parliamentary regions, we gathered views from the public, private and voluntary sector as well as the general public on a draft document which set out our proposed vision and goals.

Text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, presented in English and Gaelic Gairm choitcheann air coirichean a’ chinne–daonna 1948