Amnesty International welcomes the commitment by the Scottish Government, endorsed by the Scottish Parliament, to undertake human rights due diligence before entering into trade or investment agreements. This ground-breaking commitment will enable the Scottish Government’s trade and investment policies to be aligned with human rights norms. It comes after concerns were raised about a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Scottish Government with two Chinese companies; SinoFortone and China Railway No.3 Engineering Group (CR3) for inward investment into Scotland...In particular, we welcome the Scottish Government’s pledge to “always consider the human rights implications of its engagement with countries and business” and its belief that “investment agreements should only be signed where appropriate due diligence, including on the human rights record of companies involved, has been undertaken”. This is a significant statement of intent that goes further than the UK Government’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, but closely reflects the recommendations on trade agreements made by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights in its report published on 5 April 2017...Amnesty is willing to engage further with the Scottish Government on putting this commitment into practice to enable this to become a model of due diligence and human rights impact assessment for the rest of the UK and internationally.