Scottish Human Rights Commission - Mandate

Mandate

• To promote and protect the human rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural - of everyone in Scotland.
• To promote best practice on human rights in Scotland by providing education, advice and training.
• To publish information and conduct research.

The Commission must lay annually before the Scottish Parliament a general report on the exercise of its functions during the year. Issues concerning equality, and some non-devolved human rights matters, are the responsibility of the EHRC. The SHRC, NIHRC and EHRC participate with the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in the "independent mechanism" to promote, protect and monitor implementation in the UK of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.