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Date: 24th June 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Special protection measures
New figures show that 21 children were detained in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre between 2010-2018. Some of the young people were held there until they were moved to immigration centers in England.
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Date: 24th June 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new Bill seeks to introduce Protection Orders specifically designed to safeguard women and children who might find themselves under pressure to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Date: 24th June 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The UK’s Supreme Court has issued a judgment to restore the right of children to sue local authorities for negligence where councils have failed to protect them from harm.
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Date: 24th June 2019
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new report by UNICEF reveals that many of the world’s richest countries are failing to provide comprehensive solutions to families.
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Date: 14th June 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Amnesty International has launched Rise Up which is a fully funded, one-year course designed to equip young people who are passionate about Human Rights with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to make positive change happen in their communities.
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Date: 14th June 2019
Category:
General measures of implementation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
The 2018 DGD outcome report is adopted! We are delighted to announce that the CRC Committee has adopted the 2018 DGD outcome report on Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders!
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Date: 14th June 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Scottish Children's Reporter Association (SCRA) has launched a new suite of materials to provide information and support to children and young people on how to complain if they wish to.
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Date: 5th June 2019
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
On behalf of the Scottish Government, CELCIS (the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland) commissioned Blake Stevenson to evaluate the Realigning Children's Services (RCS) programme.
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Date: 5th June 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
In a project conducted by the Human Rights Clinic at University of Edinburgh in partnership with Together, LLM students explored the role of CRWIA (Children’s Rights and Well-being Impact Assessment) in improving rights-based decision-making. Two groups of students explored various international examples of impact assessments and drew learning to analyse the effectiveness of CRWIA in Scotland.
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Date: 5th June 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, UN Convention Against Torture (CAT), Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The mosquito device has been branded as a ‘successful’ deterrent for anti-social behaviour. It is used to deter loitering of young people by emitting sound at high frequency, so it can be heard mostly by younger people. Mosquito devices have been overtly condemned by the UN, Council of Europe and the Children’s Commissioner all requesting that they be banned, yet on 30th May 2019 another device has been discovered at Edinburgh’s Waverley Mall.
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Date: 5th June 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
The Scottish Government has published a report on progress and setting out actions agreed at the Cabinet meeting with children and young people in March 2018.
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Date: 4th June 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights released his final report from his visit to the UK late last year. UN Special Rapporteur, Phillip Alston, details just how austerity measures have negatively affected society in the UK and that "the bottom line is that much of the glue that has held British society together since the Second World War has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos."
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Date: 3rd June 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Eurochild, along with 15 other NGOs, is advocating to create a new Children's Rights Intergroup in the European Parliament.
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Date: 23rd May 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Delays in UN membership contributions by Member States are putting human rights, including children’s rights, at risk, according to the global network Child Rights Connect.
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Date: 16th May 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Mental health, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Bullying, Non-discrimination
Almost two-thirds of young people (61%) feel pressure to look their best online, according to new findings from the Be Real Campaign. The alarming research also revealed that more than two-thirds (67%) regularly worry about the way they look.
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Date: 30th April 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Scottish Government’s Children and Families Directorate has been working on a new visual to articulate the purpose and approach to Getting it Right for Every Child.
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Date: 30th April 2019
Category:
Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Eurochild launched its assessment of the first European Semester since the Proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (November 2017). With the ‘social dimension’ being more visible in this cycle, the European Commission flags child poverty in more than 75% of the Country Reports of EU Member States. Only one country (Spain) received a recommendation to address family income, which only addresses one of the many reasons for child poverty.
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Date: 30th April 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
A first draft of the Bucharest Children’s Declaration has been developed by a group of 25 Romanian children, the so-called Romanian Children’s Board, in consultations with other children in Romania. The draft Declaration is now open for feedback from both children and organisations working with and for children. Consultations can be organized with children on the Declaration and its results can be included in the feedback form.
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Date: 30th April 2019
Category:
Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles, General measures of implementation
In his next thematic report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders will address the topic of impunity for human rights violations and abuses committed against human rights defenders. This report will be presented to the 74th session of the General Assembly in October 2019. Deadline: Monday 6th May 2019 This is an opportunity to secure a chapter on children.
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Date: 30th April 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
On 27 February, the European Commission released its 2019 Country Reports, which provide an analysis of economic and social policies in each EU Member State. This year, the European Semester is of particular importance because it details investment priorities that will shape the programming of structural funds in every country for the next EU Budget 2021-2027.
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