Resource Tags
Content Types:
Assessment tool
Report
Relevant Driver(s):
Specific Action(s):
2A. Set up staff forums
2B. Create governance frameworks
2C. Collect and use diversity data
2D. Report on progress regularly
3A. Understand legal obligations
3B. Develop equality and human rights policies
4A. Collect and analyse equality data consistently
4B. Engage with lived experience and work meaningfully with communities
4C. Share learning and best practice
5A. Put in place comprehensive training programmes
Implementation Levels:
Advanced
Prior Knowledge Required:
Intermediate
Organisation Size:
Large
Medium
Small
Sector:
Culture and Heritage
Economic Development/Enterprise
Education
Emergency Services
Environment
Government
Health and social care
Housing
Justice
Local authorities
Transport
Role:
Equality/Diversity/Human Rights Specialists
Legal & Compliance Staff
Policy Officers/Makers
Senior Leaders/Management
Resource content
An assessment examining progress on 29 human rights recommendations about Scotland’s prisons and secure mental health settings over ten years. Found 83% have made little or no meaningful progress on the right to life and prevention of torture.
To get the most from this resource
For Non-Justice Sectors: You can adapt the assessment methodology by replacing detention-specific indicators with sector-relevant human rights measures (e.g., healthcare access, educational inclusion, housing quality).
For Lived Experience Integration: You can supplement with direct consultation processes. You could use this assessment as baseline data to inform lived experience engagement strategies, and develop community feedback mechanisms to validate findings.