FoI re. Judith Mesquite, Victor Borloz and others interactions with SHRC
Dear Scottish Commission for Human Rights,
Under FoI I request detailed information of any employment, roles, consultancy, meetings, input, opinions, documents (as author, co author or signatory) or deliverables, inter alia that the Commission has had or received with/from the following people since its inception, if any.
Judith Mesquite (aka Judith de Bueno Mesquite)
Stephen Whittle
Robert Wintemute
Paul Dillane
Sheherezade Kara
Or
Victor Madrigal Borloz
Vitit Muntarbhorn
Mauro Cabral Grinspan
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
D. Cooke
Dear D. Cooke,
Thank you for contacting the Scottish Human Rights Commission.
Your email has been forwarded on to the person in our organisation responsible for dealing with Freedom of Information requests. We will respond to you as soon as possible, and no later than 20 working days as required by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act.
Kind regards
Diana Brogdon
Business Support
Dear D Cooke,
Thank you for your FOI request of 15th February 2020.
In your email you asked for:
detailed information of any employment, roles, consultancy, meetings,
input, opinions, documents (as author, co author or signatory) or
deliverables, inter alia that the Commission has had or received with/from
the following people since its inception, if any.
Judith Mesquite (aka Judith de Bueno Mesquite) Stephen Whittle Robert
Wintemute Paul Dillane Sheherezade Kara Or Victor Madrigal Borloz Vitit
Muntarbhorn Mauro Cabral Grinspan
Our Response
I can confirm that we have had no interaction in any capacity with the
above named individuals
Further information
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Information (Scotland) Act 2002 you have the right to ask for an internal
review of our response. Please contact us at [Scottish Human Rights
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Yours sincerely
Diana Brogdon
Business Support
Dear Scottish Commission for Human Rights,
Thank you for your response, however i must ask that you check again, and reconfirm.
For example:
Judith Bueno de Mesquita, lecturer at the University of Essex, and signatory to the Yogyakarta (2006) as Judith Mesquita, linkedin feb. 2020, states "i have acted in an advisory role for projects of many organisations including the Scottish Human Rights Commission".
Is there another 'Scottish Human Rights commision' ?
Please explain.
Also, Victor Madrigal-Borloz has been the UN Independent Expert on SOGI since late 2017, and it seems very unlikely that there has never been contact with SCHR, especially given the ongoing Gender identity focus and Gender Recognition Act reform proposals etc by the Scottish government.
I am very surprised that these SOGIESC Human Rights advocates have had no contact or interactions whatsoever with the Scottish Human Rights body.
I ask you to check again using variations of the names I have provided.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Cooke
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see above for continuation, for some reason they made it a separate request. Their initial response was incorrect (I knew Mesquite had worked for them), how much influence she had there or in other institutions - unknown. She was signatory to the Yogyakarta Principles but actually only the PA to another signatory just after undergrad degree so no "expert". Borloz is focussed on Conversion Therapy laws being implemented in all countries regardless of there being any evidence base and is in support of 'affirmation of gender identities' therapy being seen as attempted 'conversion' (SOGIESC). As the two strands cannot be disentangled currently it must be a strict no to 'conversion therapy' laws for the UK.