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.