British Sign Language: national plan 2023 to 2029 - easy read

Access to Justice

Access to justice means being treated fairly by the law, and having access to police, courts and organisations that give legal advice and support.

We must be able to have and use our rights so we live in a fair society.

Our long-term goal

BSL users will have fair and equal access to the justice systems in Scotland.

Actions

We will:

40. Keep working work with the BSL Justice Advisory Group to:

• regularly check if work on the actions about BSL are going well
• make sure BSL is part of other Justice work

41. Have more BSL advocates for BSL users going through the justice system.

42. Support public bodies to find ways to make it easier to get BSL support for justice work and emergency response services.