Humza Yousaf accused of ‘failure’ over children’s rights delays in Scotland

Although Yousaf committed to completing the bill during his campaign for SNP leadership, he did not mention it when he set out his immediate policy priorities as first minister. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Scotland’s outgoing children’s commissioner has warned Humza Yousaf that it will be his “personal failure” if he fails to make good on Nicola Sturgeon’s promise to put international children’s rights standards at the heart of Scottish law.

In one of his final interviews before he steps down from the role after six years, Bruce Adamson accused Scottish ministers of “heartbreaking” delays, lack of transparency and “constant broken promises”, after the supreme court ruled that initial attempts at incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law went beyond Holyrood’s powers.