Statement to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Statement to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the 72nd Pre-Sessional Working Group on the Examination of the United Kingdom’s Compliance with the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 8 March 2023 The Scottish Human Rights Commission was established by the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006, and formed in 2008. [...] The Commission is the National Human Rights Institution for Scotland and is independent of the Scottish Government and Parliament in the exercise of its functions. [...] www.scottishhumanrights.com 1 The Scottish Human Rights Commission is pleased to present the following information in support of the Committee’s review of the UK. [...] We refer to the previous comments in respect of the devolution settlement, taking this opportunity to restate the broad range of legal powers and responsibility in respect of economic, social and cultural rights held by the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government. [...] Recalling the Committee’s previous concluding observations made in 2016, the Scottish Human Rights Commission has assessed the current state of progress in compliance with the state’s obligations under the Covenant and has deep and wide-ranging concerns.