IAG on New Technologies
The Commission was previously a member of the Independent Advisory Group on Emerging Technologies in Policing, which was set up in 2020 to ensure emerging technologies used by Police Scotland are compatible with equality and human rights legislation and best practice.
The Commission has participated in two of the group’s workstreams:
The Legal Framework and ethical....
The group published a report and recommendations in February 2023.
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Briefing: Human Rights
a human rights based approach to the inspection of prisons. We provided advice in relation to the inspection standards and assisted HMIPS to undertake inspections to ensure that the human rights of prisoners are being respected. In 2018 HMIPS launched a new set of inspection standards with human rights... to ensure that prisoners’ human rights are upheld and that life in prison contributes..., which includes representation from the Scottish Human Rights Commission, alongside other agencies
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