Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 to 6 in private. 2. Scottish Human Rights Commission: The Committee will take evidence on the Commission's report on progress in moving people from institutions to independent living from— Jan Savage, Executive Director, Oonagh Brown, Participation and Policy Officer, and Cathy Asante, Legal Officer - Human Rights based approach, Scottish Human Rights Commission. 3. Scottish Human Rights Commission: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 2. 4. British Sign Language Inquiry: The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry. 5. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR): The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the Human Rights Consortium Scotland’s report submitted to the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. 6. EU Law Tracker: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. 7. Operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received on the inquiry.