Strategy, Policy, Legislation – Context
International – Significant Strategy, Policy, Legislation
International – Significant – Strategy, Policy, Legislation & Conventions
- 1948: United Nations – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- 1948: United Nations – Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- 1950: Council of Europe – The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- 1966: United Nations – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – ICCPR
- 1966: United Nations – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – ICESCR
- 1969: UK Event – UK Government Ratifies – International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- 1979: United Nations – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- 1984: United Nations – Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 1989: United Nations – Convention on Rights of a Child (UNCRC)
- 1993: United Nations – Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles)
- 1994/11: Council of Europe – The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities – National Minorities (FCNM)
- 2001/09: United Nations – The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
- 2006: United Nations – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Further Information – Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation
UK – Significant Strategy, Policy, Legislation
UK – Significant – Strategy, Policy, Legislation (SPL)
- 1976: UK Event – UK Government – The Race Relations Act
- 1998: UK Government – Report of the Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament ‘Shaping Scotland’s Parliament’
- 2000: UK Government – Race Relations (Amendment) Act
- 2010: UK Event – The Equality Act 2010
- 2017: UK Event – The Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan 2017 – UK
- 2017: UK Government – The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017
- 2019: UK Event – The Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan 2019 (UK)
- 2022: UK Event – UK Government – Inclusive Britain strategy (UK)
- 2023: UK Event – Public Order Act 2023
- 2025: UK Government – Consultation on Mandatory Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap Reporting (UK)
- 2025: UK Government – Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill (UK)
- 2025: UK Government – The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (UK)
- 2025: UK SPL – Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Further Information – Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation
Scotland – Most Significant Strategy, Policy, Legislation
Scotland – Most Significant – Strategy, Policy, Legislation (SPL)
- 2004: Scottish Government – Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy
- 2007: National Performance Framework for Scotland
- 2012: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations
- 2015: Scottish Government – Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015
- 2015: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
- 2016: Open Government Partnership Scottish National Action Plan 2016 – 2017
- 2016: The Race Equality Framework (REF) for Scotland
- 2017: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021
- 2017: Scotland’s Second National Human Rights Action Plan (SNAP2)
- 2021: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
- 2021: Scottish Government – Expert Reference Group (ERG) on COVID-19 and Ethnicity Established
- 2021: Scottish Government – Fairer Scotland Duty
- 2021: Scottish Government – The Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education Programme (REAREP)
- 2021: The Immediate Priorities Plan (IPP)
- 2022: Scottish Government – Data Collection and Publication – Ethnic Group: Guidance
- 2022: The Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group (AIGG) is Established
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Scottish Government – Hate Crime Strategy
- 2024: Scottish Government – UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 – Statutory Guidance
- 2024: The Revised National Standards for Community Engagement & Participation Handbook
- 2024: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act
- 2025: Human Rights Bill for Scotland: Discussion Paper
- 2025: Programme for Government 2025 – 2026
- 2025: Scotland’s Open Government Action Plan 2021-25
- 2025: Scottish Government – Equality Outcomes 2025-2029
- 2025: Scottish Government – Mainstreaming Report 2023-2025
- 2025: Scottish Government – Programme for Government 2025 to 2026
- 2025: Scottish Government – The Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy Consultation
- 2026: Scottish Government – National Performance Framework Update
Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation
Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation (SPL)
- 1998: Devolution – The Scotland Act 1998
- 1998: UK Government – Report of the Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament ‘Shaping Scotland’s Parliament’
- 1999: Scottish Government – The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Action Plan for Scotland
- 2000: Scottish Government – Diversity in the Scottish Executive: Strategy for Change
- 2001: Scottish Government – Making it Real: A Race Equality Strategy for Scotland
- 2002: Committing to Race Equality
- 2002: Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) – Health Department Letter (HDL) 51 – Working towards Culturally Competent Services
- 2002: Scottish Government – Scottish Executive Response to Review of BME Funding
- 2002: Working Together for Race Equality: The Scottish Executive’s Race Equality Scheme
- 2004: Scottish Government – Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy
- 2004: Scottish Government – The Diversity Strategy 2004 and Beyond
- 2005: The Scottish Community Development Centre and Scottish Government – National Standards for Community Engagement
- 2006: Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act
- 2006: Scottish Executive Departmental Delivery Plan
- 2007: National Performance Framework for Scotland
- 2008: Scottish Government – Race Equality Statement 2008-2011
- 2011: Scottish Government – Open Government Partnership Created
- 2012: Scottish Government – The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations
- 2012: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations
- 2013: Scotland’s National Human Rights Action Plan (SNAP) 2013 – 2017
- 2013: The National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications) Order
- 2013: The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order
- 2014: Courts Reform (Scotland) Act
- 2014: Developing the young workforce: Scotland’s youth employment strategy – gov.scot
- 2015: Apprenticeship Equality Action Plan Final Report 2015-2021
- 2015: Scottish Government – Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015
- 2015: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
- 2015: The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015
- 2015: The National Standards for Community Engagement
- 2015: The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations
- 2016 – Scottish Government – Ethnic diversity of UK boards: the Parker Review
- 2016: Open Government Partnership Scottish National Action Plan 2016 – 2017
- 2016: Scotland SPL – A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: delivery plan
- 2016: Scotland SPL – Race Equality Framework (REF) for Scotland 2016 to 2030
- 2016: Scottish Government – Fairer Scotland Action Plan
- 2016: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016
- 2016: The Race Equality Framework (REF) for Scotland
- 2017: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021
- 2017: Scotland’s Second National Human Rights Action Plan (SNAP2)
- 2017: Scottish Government – A Fairer Scotland for All: Race Equality Action Plan (REAP) 2017-21
- 2018: Scotland Legislation – The Fairer Scotland Duty
- 2018: Scotland SPL – A Connected Scotland: our strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections
- 2018: Scotland’s Open Government action plan 2018 to 2020: Detailed Commitments
- 2018: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
- 2019: Scotland SPL – A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action
- 2019: Scotland SPL – A fairer Scotland for women: gender pay gap action plan
- 2021: National Taskforce for Human Rights – Leadership Report & Recommendations
- 2021: Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland – Consultation Stage 1
- 2021: Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland – Consultation Stage 2
- 2021: Race Equality Immediate Priorities Plan (IPP)
- 2021: Scottish Government – Expert Reference Group (ERG) on COVID-19 and Ethnicity Established
- 2021: Scottish Government – Fairer Scotland Duty
- 2021: Scottish Government – The Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education Programme (REAREP)
- 2021: Scottish Government Race Recruitment and Retention Action Plan – An Instigation for Change
- 2021: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
- 2021: The Immediate Priorities Plan (IPP)
- 2022: Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland – Consultation Stage 2 Findings
- 2022: Scotland SPL – Fair Work Action Plan: Becoming a Leading Fair Work Nation by 2025
- 2022: Scottish Government – Data Collection and Publication – Ethnic Group: Guidance
- 2022: Scottish Government – Updated Guidance for Public Bodies on Collecting Data on the Ethnicity of People in Scotland
- 2022: The Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group (AIGG) is Established
- 2022: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
- 2023: Public sector Equality Duty in Scotland: Consultation Stage 3
- 2023: Scotland SPL – British Sign Language (BSL): national plan 2023 to 2029
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Equality Data Improvement Programme (EDIP) Project Board
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Equally Safe 2023 – Preventing and Eradicating Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategy
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Non-Binary Equality Action Plan
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Scottish Government – Hate Crime Strategy
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Social Isolation and Loneliness: Recovering Our Connections 2023 to 2026
- 2024: Addressing Racism as a Significant Public Health Issue – Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- 2024: Anti-Racism Plans – Guidance – Health Workforce Directorate and Directorate for Population Health
- 2024: Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025: Interim Review
- 2024: New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: Delivery Plan 2024 to 2026
- 2024: NHS Scotland – ‘Once for Scotland’ Workforce Policies: Consultation
- 2024: Scotland SPL – Diversity and Inclusion Employer Strategy for Scottish Government
- 2024: Scotland SPL – Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025: Interim Review
- 2024: Scotland SPL – Equally Safe: Delivery Plan
- 2024: Scotland SPL – Improving the Lives of Scotland’s Gypsy/Travellers 2: Pction Plan 2024-2026
- 2024: Scotland SPL – New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: 2024
- 2024: Scottish Government – UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 – Statutory Guidance
- 2024: Scottish SPL – Minority Ethnic Women’s Experiences in Scotland 2024: Intersectional Evidence
- 2024: The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
- 2024: The Revised National Standards for Community Engagement & Participation Handbook
- 2024: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act
- 2025: Human Rights Bill for Scotland: Discussion Paper
- 2025: Programme for Government 2025 – 2026
- 2025: Scotland’s Open Government Action Plan 2021-25
- 2025: Scottish Government – Equality Outcomes 2025-2029
- 2025: Scottish Government – Mainstreaming Report 2023-2025
- 2025: Scottish Government – Programme for Government 2025 to 2026
- 2025: Scottish Government – The Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy Consultation
- 2026: Scottish Government – National Performance Framework Update
Further Information – Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation
Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation by Subject
Scotland – Strategy, Policy, Legislation (SPL) – by Subject
AI, Data & Technology – SPL
- 2017: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021
- 2022: EDIP Project Board – Equality Data Audit and Protected Characteristics Overview
- 2022: Equality Data Improvement Programme (EDIP) – Structural Intersectional Inequality in Scotland Project Overview
- 2022: Scottish Government – Data Collection and Publication – Ethnic Group: Guidance
- 2022: Scottish Government – Updated Guidance for Public Bodies on Collecting Data on the Ethnicity of People in Scotland
- 2023: Health and Social Care: Data Strategy
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Equality Data Improvement Programme (EDIP) Project Board
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025, Annex A, Recent Progress and the Current Equality Evidence Base
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025, Annex B, Advisory Groups, Frameworks and Strategies
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025, Annex C, Analysis of Responses to Consultation
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025, Annex D, Tables of Actions to Improve the Equality Evidence Base
- 2023: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025, Annex E, Equality and Fairer Scotland Statement
- 2024: Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025: Interim Review
- 2024: Health and Social Care – Data Strategy Update – Progress and Priorities
- 2024/04: Health and social care – data strategy: 2024 update – progress and priorities
Children & Young People – SPL
Class – Poverty & Social Deprivation – SPL
Culture, Community Cohesion, Tourism, Museums, Galleries, Libraries, Cultural Heritage & Heritage Sites – SPL
Disability – SPL
Employment – Business – Enterprise – Leadership & Management – SPL
- 2014: Developing the young workforce: Scotland’s youth employment strategy – gov.scot
- 2016 – Scottish Government – Ethnic diversity of UK boards: the Parker Review
- 2017: UK Event – Race in the Workplace: The McGregor-Smith Review (UK)
- 2022: A Fairer Scotland for All: An Anti-Racist Employment Strategy
- 2022: Anti-Racist Employment Strategy – A Fairer Scotland for All
- 2022: Scotland SPL – Fair Work Action Plan: Becoming a Leading Fair Work Nation by 2025
- 2024: NHS Scotland ‘Once for Scotland’ Workforce Policies: Consultation
Faith & Religion – SPL
Gender & Sexuality – SPL
- 2017: The First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG)is Established
- 2019: First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls 2019 Report and Recommendations
- 2019: Scotland SPL – A fairer Scotland for women: gender pay gap action plan
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Equally Safe 2023 – Preventing and Eradicating Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategy
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Non-Binary Equality Action Plan
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Scottish Government – Hate Crime Strategy
- 2024: Evaluation – The First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
- 2024: Scotland SPL – Equally Safe: Delivery Plan
- 2024: Scottish SPL – Minority Ethnic Women’s Experiences in Scotland 2024: Intersectional Evidence
Health, Wellbeing & Social Care – SPL
- 2001: NHS Scotland – Fair for all Stategy
- 2001: NHS Scotland – Patient Focus and Public Involvement
- 2002: Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) – Health Department Letter (HDL) 51 – Working towards Culturally Competent Services
- 2002: Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) – Health Department Letter (HDL) 76 – Spiritual Care in NHS Scotland
- 2007: NHS Scotland – Better Health, Better Care: Action Plan
- 2008: Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities
- 2008: NHS Scotland Equalities Directorate (established 2008)
- 2009: NHS Scotland – Our Multi-Ethnic Scotland
- 2010: NHS Scotland Quality Strategy
- 2017: Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021
- 2022: Scottish Government – Updated Guidance for Public Bodies on Collecting Data on the Ethnicity of People in Scotland
- 2022: The Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities My Health, My Rights, My NHS – Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities – Revised: June 2022 – gov.scot
- 2023: Health and Social Care: Data Strategy
- 2024: Addressing Racism as a Significant Public Health Issue – Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- 2024: Anti-Racism Plans – Guidance – Health Workforce Directorate and Directorate for Population Health
- 2024: Health and Social Care – Data Strategy Update – Progress and Priorities
- 2024: NHS Scotland – ‘Once for Scotland’ Workforce Policies: Consultation
- 2024: NHS Scotland ‘Once for Scotland’ Workforce Policies: Consultation
- 2024: Public Health Scotland – Evidence for Improving Equalities Data Collection
- 2024/04: Health and social care – data strategy: 2024 update – progress and priorities
- 2025: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy – NHS Education for Scotland
- 2025: Public Health Scotland – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategic approach 2025-2029
Immigration – Asylum & Refugees – SPL
- 2024: New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: Delivery Plan 2024 to 2026
- 2024: New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: Delivery Plan 2024 to 2026
- 2024: Scotland SPL – New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: 2024
- 2025: Scotland’s revised strategy focused on prevention of human trafficking and exploitation in Scotland
Misc – SPL
Policing, Crime & Justice – SPL
- 2012: Scottish Government – Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012
- 2013: Police Scotland Code of Ethics
- 2016: Police Scotland Integrated Human Rights Considerations into their Equality Impact Assessments
- 2017: Stop and Search of the Person in Scotland: code of practice for constables – gov.scot
- 2017: Tackling prejudice and building connected communities: Scottish Government response
- 2018: Police Scotland Launches Our People Strategy
- 2019: Scottish Government – Consultation on Scottish Hate Crime Legislation
- 2021: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
- 2022: Police Scotland – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
- 2022: Police Scotland Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-26
- 2022: Policing Together – Police Scotland
- 2023: People Strategy Development Plan & Overview Report
- 2023: Police Scotland Acknowledges Institutional Racism and Discrimination – Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority – 25 May 2023
- 2023: Scotland SPL – Scottish Government – Hate Crime Strategy
- 2024: Police Scotland – 2030 Vision and Three-year Business Plan
- 2025: Scotland’s revised strategy focused on prevention of human trafficking and exploitation in Scotland
- 2025: Scotland’s Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy
- 2025: Scottish Police Authority – National Conversation on use of Live Facial Recognition Technology
- 2025: Scottish Police Authority – Police Scotland and Forensic Services – Joint Equality Outcomes for Policing 2025
Politics, National & Local Governance – SPL
- 2008: Diversity Delivers: A strategy for enhancing equality of opportunity in Scotland’s ministerial public appointments process
- 2017: UK Event – The Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan 2017 – UK
- 2019: UK Event – The Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan 2019 (UK)
- 2021: Scottish Government Race Recruitment and Retention Action Plan – An Instigation for Change
- 2024: Diversity and Inclusion of the Scottish Government Workforce – Outcome Indicators
Research – Training & Education – SPL
- 2015: Apprenticeship Equality Action Plan Final Report 2015-2021
- 2021: Scottish Government – The Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education Programme (REAREP)
- 2025: Proposed – Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill
