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  • Strong support for raising age of referral to Children's Reporter

    Date: 26th March 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Responses to a recent consultation show overwhelming support to raise the maximum age of referral to 18 for care, protection and offence cases, allowing equal opportunities for young people to get the right support at the right time.

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  • Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill passed

    Date: 25th March 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    The new Bill will help uphold women and children’s rights to remain in their home.

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  • Together’s #RightsResolution for 2021

    Date: 13th January 2021
    Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Awareness-raising

    To celebrate the #YearOfChildhood, Together’s #RightsResolution for 2021 is to create weekly children’s rights infographics for our members to use and share.

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  • Fairer Scotland Action Plan: Progress Report 2020

    Date: 13th January 2021
    Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

    In December 2020, Scottish Government published its Fairer Scotland Action Plan: Progress Report 2020. The report describes Scottish Government’s achievements and ongoing work according to its 2016 Fairer Scotland Action Plan.

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  • Lockdown Lowdown findings

    Date: 13th January 2021
    Category: COVID-19, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

    In October 2020, young people were invited to join a series of focus groups and respond to a survey on the impact COVID-19 is having on them. These activities were organised by the Scottish Youth Parliament, supported by YouthLink Scotland and Young Scot. The survey report and focus group findings are now available online.

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  • ‘Navigating a World of Rights’ – new report shares findings from Who Cares? Scotland’s participation work

    Date: 13th January 2021
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, including vocational education, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    The report covers why members feel it is important for their human rights to be protected in law, policy, and practice. The report also includes recommendations for change.

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  • Calls to radically reshape bail and remand system

    Date: 13th January 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Child justice system

    A CYCJ study has called for reform to ensure the system is child-friendly, fair and just for both victims and children who have offended.

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  • #CovidUnder19 Global Survey results out now

    Date: 13th January 2021
    Category: COVID-19, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

    In May 2020, the Centre for Children’s Rights from Queen’s University Belfast launched a survey for those aged eight to 17 to understand their “Life under Coronavirus”. Eight thematic briefings have been released to examine its findings.

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  • Launch of Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe’s report

    Date: 10th December 2020
    Category: Funding, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    The Panel launched its new report - ‘Young Brexit Voices: It’s Our Future Too’ – on 9th December 2020. It looks at what impact leaving the EU might have on children and young people and sets out their recommendations for what needs to happen next.

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  • Girls in Scotland 2020 survey findings

    Date: 9th December 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

    Over 500 girls and young women aged seven to 21 took part and shared the challenges they face. The results have been analysed against findings from a similar 2018 survey, to compare what progress has been made and what issues remain.

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  • Increasing number of children held on remand

    Date: 9th December 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    A joint blog has been published to raise awareness of the increasing number of children on remand in Scotland.  It advocates for the development of alternative provisions to remand, if Scotland is to fulfil its international human rights obligations.

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  • New Children’s Hearings advocacy service

    Date: 9th December 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Section 122 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 came into force on Saturday 21st November 2020. This activated duties on chairing members of Children’s Hearings to inform children of the availability of children’s advocacy services.  

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  • Scottish Youth Parliament launches new manifesto

    Date: 9th December 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

    ‘From Scotland’s Young People’ is a five-year document detailing what changes Scottish Youth Parliament plans to make during the period 2021-26. Members of the Scottish Parliament can use this manifesto to form a strong mandate to bring about changes that matter to young people across Scotland and champion Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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  • Consultation on free bus travel for people resident in Scotland aged under 19

    Date: 28th October 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

    Closing date: 7th December 2020

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  • UK Government must urgently consider the human rights impact of COVID-19 measures says Joint Committee

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation, General principles

    Following a consultation, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report on the impact of the response to COVID-19.

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  • COVID-19 and its impact on child marriage

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Child poverty, Right to life, survival and development, Best interests of the child

    COVID-19 has caused delays to programmes aimed at ending child marriage and increased economic hardship. Together these factors are expected to lead to an estimated 13 million child marriages over the next 10 years, impacting girls’ rights to protection from abuse, health, an adequate standard of living and right to education.

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  • Human rights and COVID-19

    Date: 20th August 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

    Eight key policy briefings have been developed to highlight areas of human rights concern during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify how rights can be used to inform Scotland’s recovery.

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  • COVID-19: EU rights agency reports on impact of emergency measures by member states

    Date: 20th August 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

    This bulletin explores the human rights implications of member states’ measures to tackle COVID-19 between 1st-30th June 2020. 

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  • Bridging the digital divide for care experienced young people in Scotland

    Date: 6th August 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

    This briefing explores the digital divide between care experienced young people and their peers. It touches on the challenges and solutions to digital exclusion before and during COVID-19 restrictions. 

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  • British Institute of Human Rights submits evidence to Joint Committee on Human Rights COVID-19 inquiry

    Date: 6th August 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    A summary of evidence submitted by the British Institute of Human Rights to the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into government responses to COVID-19 has been published.

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