Human Rights Bill Lived Experience Board Reports

The Scottish Government has committed to introducing a new Human Rights Bill for Scotland. This Bill will incorporate 4 more major United Nations human rights treaties. These treaties are:

• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

The Bill will also include the right to a healthy environment, as well as rights for older people and LGBTi people.

In order to ensure that the Bill is informed by the experiences of ordinary people, particularly those who have experience of their rights being threatened, the Government has funded the Consortium to facilitate a Lived Experience Board, which has been meeting since February 2022 to discuss specific aspects of the Bill.

All the reports from the Lived Experience Board meetings are available below:

Block One (February-March 2022)

• Click here to read the long-form report on Session 1 & 2
• Click here to read the short-form report on Session 1 & 2
• Click here to read the Easy Read report on Session 1 & 2
• Click here to read long-form report on Session 3 about the consultation
• Click here to read the Easy Read report on Session 3 on the consultation
• Click here to listen to report on Session 1 & 2
• Click here to listen to report on Session 3 on the consultation

Block Two (May 2022)

• Click here to read the long-form report
• Click here to read the short-form report
• Click here to listen to the short-form report in audio format
• Click here to read the EasyRead version

Block Three (June 2022)

• Click here to read the long-form report
• Click here to read the short-form report
• Click here to listen to the short-form report in audio format