Human rights: Capability Building Working Group
Overview
This group was established in January 2025 to inform and review the delivery of human rights capability building activities undertaken by the Scottish Government and other partners, supporting and promoting collaboration and ongoing knowledge exchange.
It will provide views on good practice activities that support the public sector and others to improve awareness, understanding and practice to advance human rights now, laying the groundwork for new duties in the future via a Human Rights Bill.
The group is voluntary and time-limited. Meetings are being held across 2025 to 2026 with supporting papers being published on this page.
Members
- Andrew Crawford, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
- Charlie McMillan, Human Rights Consortium Scotland
- Craig Morris, Care Inspectorate
- Dr Kasey McCall-Smith, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Lorna Watson, Public Health Scotland
- Gordon Paterson and Katy Hetherington, NHS Education for Scotland
- Jillian Matthew, Audit Scotland
- Juliet Harris, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)
- Lesley Crozier, Scottish Council Equality Network
- Liz Thomson, Amnesty International
- Lucy Mulvagh, The ALLIANCE
- Luis Felipe Yane, Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Lydia Murphy, Poverty Alliance
- Miriam McKenna and Rebecca Spillane, Improvement Service
- Professor Alan Miller, University of Strathclyde
- Professor Nicole Busby, University of Glasgow
- Rosie Tyler Greig and Tony McGowan, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Sarah Rodger, Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators in Scotland (SOLAR)
- Shivali Fifield, Environmental Rights Centre Scotland
- Simon Cameron, COSLA
- Suki Wan and Aer Nicholson Clasby, THRE (Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities)