UN probes Scots judge-led body’s ‘breach’ of international law – Herald

A United Nations committee has begun a probe into a complaint that a publicly-funded judge-led body is at the centre of an alleged breach in the law that protects the nation’s precious landscape, environment and wildlife.

The development has come after the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) submitted a complaint over the nation’s key civil courts body headed by the most senior judge in Scotland, Lord Pentland, over breaching a right to a public consultation before crucial decision making over unaffordable court costs in Scotland which are considered to be in breach of international law.

Now the Scottish Government will be expected to give answers to a UN committee about the complaint as part of a UK response over compliance.  https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25342776.un-probes-scots-judges-led-bodys-breach-international-law/?fbclid=IwY2xjawL0pZZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgqFZDMWL1uRhaSlcmz788jC2bGdDh-vxhJaVpN9e9eqpkGO6ykjlbA9R3WS_aem_jAqsiOevDVVzQXYNNUFMhw