International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: position statement

Abbreviations

ASP Act of the Scottish Parliament

AWET Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team

BSFs Best Start Foods

BSL British Sign Language

CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CoE Council of Europe

COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CSR Capital Spending Review

DBI Distress Brief Intervention

DEG Disability Employment Gap

DHPs Discretionary Housing Payments

ECHR European Convention on Human Rights

ELC Early Learning and Care

EU European Union

FGM Female Genital Mutilation

GAAR Scottish General Anti-Avoidance Rule

GP General Practice/General Practitioner

CERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

IHRAR Independent Human Rights Act Review

LBTT Land and Buildings Transaction Tax

LIFT Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers

MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament

NCS National Care Service

NHS National Health Service

NPF National Performance Framework

NRM National Referral Mechanism

NRPF No Recourse to Public Funds

RSHP Relationships, sexual health and parenthood

SAWB Scottish Agricultural Wages Board

SHRC Scottish Human Rights Consortium

SHRC Scottish Human Rights Commission

SWP Season Workers Pilot

TARA Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance

UNCRC United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

UNGPs United Nations' Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

UN United Nations