Human Rights Bill for Scotland: discussion paper - easy read
An easy read version of the discussion paper that outlines the Scottish Government’s current thinking on a potential new Human Rights Bill for Scotland.
The Treaty Rights
The 4 sets of human rights that we want to put into Scots law are called treaty rights.
This means they come from international treaties and have been agreed by lots of countries around the world.
The 4 sets of treaty rights that we want to put into Scots law using the Bill are:
1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or ICESCR for short.
ICESCR rights are about things to try and make our lives better like:
- our health
- our education
- our basic needs
2. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women or CEDAW for short.
CEDAW is a big list of rights for women.
It says that all women and all girls should have these rights and be treated equally.
3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or CRPD for short.
CRPD is a big list of rights for disabled people.
It says that disabled people have the same rights as everyone else.
4. International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination or ICERD for short.
ICERD is a list of rights that helps countries to stop people being treated differently because of their race.
Race means our background and things like:
- coming from different places
- having different skin colours
- having passports from different countries
Contact
Email: HumanRightsOffice@gov.scot