United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 Explanatory Notes

Overview of the Act

Part 2: Duties on Public Authorities

Section 12: Power for Scottish Commission for Human Rights to bring or intervene in proceedings

57.The Scottish Commission for Human Rights is a body established by the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006. Section 12 inserts a new section into that Act to empower the Commission to bring or intervene in proceedings in the same way that section 11 empowers the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland.

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