We will use our findings to push for urgent action on outstanding recommendations where progress is too slow. We will share this report with a range of bodies to allow progress to be assessed and tracked over time.
This includes:
The Criminal Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament
Audit Scotland
The European Committee on the Prevention of Torture
The HumanRights Committee
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Together with the National Preventive Mechanism, we will also track progress
) Pre-Sessions” – a chance to talk about Scotland’s performance on humanrights with partners from around the world, including other NationalHumanRights Institutions like us (NHRIs) and non... awareness of Scottish humanrights issues with a wide, global audience.
This week, a small team from... opportunity to strengthen our ties with the international humanrights community and talk to them about... this year, when the whole of the UK will be assessed on its humanrights performance.
How UPR works
UPR
On 28 September 2011, at a gathering convened by Maastricht University and the International Commission of Jurists, a group of experts in international law and humanrights adopted the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Based on legal research conducted over a period of more than a decade, the undersigned experts adopted the following principles.
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