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  • Universal Children’s Day 2012: UN experts urged States to do more to protect children

    Date: 20th November 2012
    Category: UK 1st periodic review, Equal protection from violence

    On Universal Children's Day, UN experts highlighted the urgency of achieving universal ratification and effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its three optional protocols.

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  • Scottish charities call for smacking ban

    Date: 17th July 2012
    Category: Equal protection from violence, General measures of implementation

    A group of children's charities has called for a ban on smacking youngsters to be introduced to Scotland.

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  • The United Kingdom juvenile justice system should focus more on rehabilitation

    Date: 23rd March 2012
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Equal protection from violence

    In a letter to the UK, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, urges more of a focus on rehabilitation of youth offenders.

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  • Welsh assembly edges closer total ban on smacking children

    Date: 28th October 2011
    Category: Equal protection from violence

    The prospect of parents being banned from smacking children in part of the UK has moved a step closer.

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  • Survey reveals what young people think about the riots

    Date: 29th August 2011
    Category: Equal protection from violence

    Over 500 young people have taken part in a survey conducted by the Jack Petchey Foundation to find out what they think about the riots that affected cities across the UK three weeks ago.

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  • Launch of SRSG Violence against Children website

    Date: 13th June 2011
    Category: Equal protection from violence

    The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais has launched a new website, which includes its own newsletter, region-specific information, and other useful resources, including a Children's Corner offering a series of child-friendly materials.

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  • Feel like you're living in a warzone?

    Date: 23rd February 2011
    Category: Equal protection from violence, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

    That's the slogan eight young people came up with to support the Scottish Government's domestic abuse advertising campaign.

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  • Interfaith Web Forum launched

    Date: 13th August 2010
    Category: Respect for the views of the child, Equal protection from violence

    An online interfaith discussion forum has been launched by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS). The Interfaith web forum is the first of its kind to be used by police forces and partnership agencies across Scotland to gather opinions from young people of all faiths.

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  • Knife crime initiative rolled out

    Date: 5th August 2010
    Category: Equal protection from violence

    A campaign to make young people aware of the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife will be rolled out to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Clackmannanshire after a successful pilot.

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