SHRC Strategic Plan 2024-28

Based on the precedent the evidence available to the Commission, we of new powers granted to the Commission have identified four themes that we will focus by the United Nations Convention on the on closely: Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, the Commission will seek to extend • The impact of poverty on human rights its mandate to fulfil a more robust role in • Human rights in. [...] our understanding of key human rights situations in Scotland, including places of • Peer human rights organisations: detention, the deinstitutionalisation of We engaged with the European Network people who have learning disabilities and of National Human Rights Institutions autism, and the experience of people and (ENNHRI), the Global Alliance of National communities in the Highlands and Islands. [...] This rights in Scotland; and inform the will include collaboration with the Northern Scottish Parliament on the human rights Ireland Human Rights Commission and the implications of proposed legislation. [...] The Commission recognises the role of a We will provide advice to the Scottish thriving civil society as part of the human Parliament on the human rights at stake rights system in Scotland. [...] This will include Independent Monitoring Mechanism for the exploration of options for an identified role Convention on the Rights of Persons with for the Commission in the preparation for and Disabilities, and participate in the UK’s National delivery of the scheme and monitoring system.