Policing the pandemic: How Scotland’s IAG led the way on human rights under emergency coronavirus powers
Policing and the pandemicSUBSCRIBE 5th August 2020
ANALYSIS: The speed with which coronavirus legislation was introduced, and its reach, led to calls for additional human rights-based scrutiny of the emergency powers. Solicitor Advocate John Scott QC, who chaired Scotland's independent advisory group on the issue, explains how the group was established and operated, some of the lessons learned, and how Scotland led the way.