The SNP leadership candidate says he will push forward the Scottish government's human rights bill and also promises to ban conversion therapy and embed LGBT rights into an independent Scotland's constitution.
SNP leadership contender Humza Yousaf has said he will make Scotland an"international leader in human rights" if he becomes the country's next first minister.It would incorporate United National human rights treaties on discrimination against women, racial discrimination, the rights of people with disabilities, and economic, social and cultural rights into Scots law, he said.
Mr Yousaf, Scotland's health secretary, also promised to ban conversion therapy and embed LGBT rights into an independent Scotland's constitution. He is running against the country's finance secretary Kate Forbes and former community safety minister Ash Regan in the race to replaceAsh Regan, Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf taking part in the SNP leadership hustings at Eden Court, Inverness on 4 March
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