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  • High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism calls for a strategy to implement children’s rights

    Date: 25th April 2023
    Category: General principles

    The High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB) calls for the prioritization of a clear guidance on mainstreaming children’s rights across the multilateral system after Child Rights Connect made a submission to their public consultation.

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  • Updates on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

    Date: 17th January 2023
    Category: General principles

    The Bill, which will amend the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and reform the process by which transgender people can obtain legal gender recognition, was recently passed by the Scottish Parliament and is now subject to an intervention by UK Government.

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  • Commissioner raises human rights concerns following UK visit

    Date: 17th January 2023
    Category: General principles, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

    Following a visit to the UK in June 2022, the Commissioner for Human Rights the Council of Europe's report focuses on the overall human rights landscape in the UK, children’s rights, and specific human rights issues relating to Northern Ireland.

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  • UK ranked 174th in global children’s rights review

    Date: 9th November 2022
    Category: General principles

    The annual report of the KidsRights Index has ranked the UK at 174th globally in adherence to the UNCRC, and reveals no progress of children’s standard of living worldwide in the last decade with climate change being the main global threat to children’s lives.

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  • Public Participation at the Scottish Parliament

    Date: 9th June 2022
    Category: General principles

    Closing date: 30th June 2022

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  • 2020-21 Scottish Human Rights Commission and Children and Young People’s Commissioner annual reports published

    Date: 16th December 2021
    Category: General principles, General measures of implementation

    The Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner (CYPCS) have laid their annual reports before Scottish Government. In a year that was deeply affected by COVID-19, there was a sharp rise in demand for the their expertise and input given the serious human rights considerations arising from the pandemic.

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  • Discover Scottish Youth Parliament’s new manifesto web hub

    Date: 18th June 2021
    Category: General principles

    The web hub details what changes young people wish to see over the next five years as part of SYP’s ‘From Scotland’s Young People’ Manifesto.

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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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  • EU strategy on the rights of the child (2021-24)

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

    Closing date: 8th December 2020

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  • Together assesses Scottish Government’s approach to COVID-19

    Date: 7th August 2020
    Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

    Together has produced an updated assessment of Scottish Government’s approach to COVID-19 and the impact on children’s human rights.

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  • Save the Children’s new child participation during COVID-19 tracker

    Date: 22nd July 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles, Respect for the views of the child

    Save the Children has developed a map which highlights some of the efforts its offices and partners continue to take to advance child participation during the pandemic.

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  • New report on children’s rights in climate policies

    Date: 25th June 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General principles

    Children will feel the largest impact of climate change and yet, despite their vulnerability, children are often overlooked in the design and content of climate policies and related processes. This report aimed to assess and contribute to addressing the gap between current practice and a ‘child-sensitive’ approach to climate policymaking.

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  • Seeking children’s views on life under Coronavirus

    Date: 11th June 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General principles

    The Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast is seeking the views of children aged 8-17 years old about how their rights have been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes asking about children’s right to health care, education, play, to be safe and to have their views taken seriously.

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  • Exploring why politics are not just for grown-ups

    Date: 28th May 2020
    Category: General principles, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Country leaders from New Zealand, Argentina, Finland, and Norway have attempted to address the key concerns raised by their country’s youngest inhabitants in a child friendly way.  Following on from this, young people from Scotland have joined the conversation as to why politics is not just for adults and why their concerns should be listened to.

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  • Seeking the views of children and young people

    Date: 28th May 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles

    Carers Trust Scotland is asking young carers to share their experience of being a young carer in school, university, college in Scotland, or who are in the process of applying to university or college. Clan Childlaw is seeking the insight from children, young people, family members, carers or professionals supporting children and young people about how COVID-19 is and lockdown is affecting them and what they think the long-term impact of the pandemic will be.

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  • Scottish Youth Parliament 2021-26 Manifesto

    Date: 28th May 2020
    Category: General principles, General measures of implementation

    Closing date: 12th October 2020

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  • COVID-19: Scottish Government’s recognition of taking a human rights approach to pandemic

    Date: 1st May 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles

    Scottish Government has recently published a framework which will guide its decision-making when transitioning out of the current lockdown arrangements. The framework focuses on balancing the requirement to suppress the virus and the need to safeguard human rights and uphold human dignity throughout the transition.

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  • COVID-19: Surveys reveal children and young people’s thoughts and feelings

    Date: 1st May 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles

    The results of the Lockdown Lowdown survey have revealed that 96% of young people worry about the impact of coronavirus on their future, with 77% worried about their mental health and wellbeing. The Children’s Parliament survey indicates that girls are doing less well in boys in several ways, including their general mood, feeling bored, being worried and the feeling that they lack 'energy'.

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  • COVID-19: UK Coronavirus rules relaxed for autistic people and people with learning disabilities

    Date: 1st May 2020
    Category: General principles

    The changes by UK Government allow autistic people or people with learning disabilities to leave their home more than once a day, travel beyond their local area if this is important to their health and have carers who do not have to stay two metres away.

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  • COVID-19: Legal challenge raised to the Department of Education’s guidance for children’s social care services

    Date: 1st May 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation, General principles

    The University College London’s Integrated Legal Advice Clinic has launched a legal challenge regarding the recent COVID-19 guidance issued by the Department for Education which allows local authorities to depart from the usual statutory duties owed by children’s social services.

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