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Date: 13th March 2024
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles
The Fostering Network in Scotland is recruiting new members for their Young People's Advisory Board.
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Date: 13th March 2024
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
In just two weeks, Together will launch its new Strategic Plan for 2024-32. The new plan will guide everything that we do to ensure Scotland implements its latest ‘to do list’ from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
General principles, Special protection measures
The Connecting Families team of Families Outside has rolled out peer support groups for family members affected by imprisonment across Scotland. The two peer support groups include one in Inverness for primary aged children affected by the imprisonment of a family member.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
The Way Forward for Families Fund (previously known as the Partnership Drug Initiative) is now open to applications from organisations that support children and families impacted by drugs and alcohol.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles
RSM UK is currently undertaking research for the Scottish Government with the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities research at Heriot-Watt University (I-SPHERE). They are keen to speak with people who have lived experience of hidden homelessness, either currently or historically.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General principles
The Co-op and Barnardo’s have partnered up to tackle barriers to social mobility across the UK, with the aim of improving young people’s health, happiness, and access to opportunities. They are seeking to engage a group of young people in and around Shawlands to help them understand what other young people want to see improved and what they’d benefit from in their area.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
This report is the latest in a series – commissioned by Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland from the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. It builds on calculations which find that across the UK it cost at least £166,000 to bring up a child at a socially acceptable standard of living in 2023.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
Violence against children, General principles
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem, made a 10-day visit to the UK in February. During this visit she emphasized that it’s crucial for the UK Government and devolved administrations to take immediate action to eradicate all forms of violence against women and girls.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
General principles, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Violence against children
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued an urgent request to Israel for additional information ahead of its forthcoming review of the country’s children’s rights record. The request for additional information is particularly in light of events since October 7, 2023. Israel is urged to provide updated information on various aspects concerning children's rights by June 15, 2024.
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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
Closing date: 16th May 2024
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Date: 17th November 2023
Category:
Special protection measures, General measures of implementation, General principles, Civil Rights and Freedoms
The case, lodged in 2020, was brought by six Portuguese children against 33 European states. The applicants demand that states uphold their legal duty to reduce fossil fuel-related emissions and prevent climate harms.
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Date: 16th November 2023
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has given the Scottish Government a lengthy ‘to-do’ list (almost 200 recommendations) to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Let’s get children’s #RightsOnTrack ahead of the next review by committing to specific recommendations and advocating for duty bearers to translate them into action! Read on to find out how you can get involved!
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Date: 13th November 2023
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Committee were in for a Halloween treat, as Juliet Harris, Director of Together, presented evidence on behalf of children, young people and our members. The evidence session was one of two that the Committee held on the reconsideration of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. Check out the blogs Together released which take you through the highlights of each session and a recent video submission of children and young people giving evidence to the Committee
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Date: 13th November 2023
Category:
General principles
Closing date: 31st December 2023
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Date: 6th September 2023
Category:
Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation, General principles
The UN Secretary-General (SG) Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming has been published. This is a historic first step in addressing the need for a systematic application of a child rights approach across the UN System.
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Date: 11th August 2023
Category:
Respect for the views of the child, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles
The Council of Europe has launched a child participation leadership platform as part of its joint project - “CP4Europe - Strengthening National Child Participation Frameworks and Action in Europe”. The web platform provides different resources, guidelines and assessment tools for professionals working with children.
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Date: 17th July 2023
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
Join Juliet Harris, Director of Together, for a series of hour-long ‘Lunch and Learns’ in August to learn about children’s rights best practice!
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Date: 17th July 2023
Category:
General measures of implementation, General principles
The recent Ministerial update on the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill revealed that it will not stretch to Acts of the UK Parliament. The Bill is expected to return to the Scottish Parliaments soon after the summer recess. Read on to find out what young people have said about the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement.
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Date: 17th July 2023
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, General measures of implementation, General principles
Closing date: 5th October 2023
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Date: 16th June 2023
Category:
General principles
Imaginate is working with Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh) and the University of Aberdeen to host a 3.5-year fully funded collaborative PhD position.
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