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  • UN Secretary-General (SG) Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming

    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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  • Promoting Future Voices: Gregor

    Date: 1st August 2022
    Category: Awareness-raising, Incorporation, Respect for the views of the child, Disabled children

    Gregor, a participant in our Rights Right Now! project, has been featured in the recent edition of Enable magazine! He talks about his involvement in the project, which aimed to support meaningful and inclusive participation of children and young people as Scotland moves to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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  • Support for Local Authorities to work on Children’s Human Rights from the Improvement Service

    Date: 26th July 2022
    Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Incorporation, Training

    The UNCRC Implementation project has been set up to support local authorities to prepare for the incorporation of the UNCRC. 

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  • The results of the Scottish Parents' Survey 2021

    Date: 9th June 2022
    Category: Awareness-raising

    Discover the outcome of a survey of parents across Scotland in 2021 which explored their awareness, knowledge and views of children’s rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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  • Young people in North Lanarkshire have created a new campaign to raise awareness of children’s rights

    Date: 14th March 2022
    Category: Awareness-raising

    The group of nine young people from Cardinal Newman, St Ambrose, Willowbank and Clyde Valley High schools developed, created and appeared in the multi-media 'Make it Right' campaign. 

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  • Guidance Note on child rights mainstreaming is being developed!

    Date: 14th March 2022
    Category: Awareness-raising

    UN’s Secretary-General has tasked a core group of UN entities with developing his Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming for UN entities.

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  • Together launches its 2022 State of Children's Rights Report!

    Date: 2nd March 2022
    Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Child rights impact assessments, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, Training, Budgeting

    The report seeks to inspire and enable everyone in Scotland to put children’s human rights at the heart of everything they do. 

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  • Join the launch of our State of Children’s Rights Report 2022!

    Date: 23rd February 2022
    Category: Awareness-raising, Child rights impact assessments, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, Training, Budgeting, General measures of implementation

    We are delighted to invite our members and supporters to the virtual launch of our 2022 report on Wednesday 2nd March. The report seeks to inspire and enable everyone in Scotland to put children’s human rights at the heart of everything they do.

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  • Children's views shape EU Child Guarantee and Children's Rights Strategy

    Date: 25th March 2021
    Category: General measures of implementation, Budgeting, Awareness-raising, Child rights indicators, Training

    Over 10,000 children and young people have participated in a consultation to shape the EU’s upcoming Child Guarantee and Strategy on the Rights of the Child.

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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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  • 2021 is the Year of Childhood

    Date: 9th December 2020
    Category: Incorporation, Awareness-raising

    Children’s Parliament has launched the Year of Childhood 2021 to celebrate the forthcoming incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots law and the organisation’s 25th birthday.

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  • Bulgaria’s National Strategy for the Child 2019-2030 withdrawn following disinformation campaigns

    Date: 15th July 2019
    Category: Awareness-raising

    National Network for Children in Bulgaria has been the forefront of tackling a backlash against children’s rights and has raised concerns around the impact of disinformation, speculation and fake news.

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  • UK ranks 170th out of 181 countries on the KidsRights Index 2019

    Date: 16th May 2019
    Category: General principles, Incorporation, Awareness-raising

    The KidsRights Index is the annual global index published by the KidsRights Foundation which charts how countries adhere to and are equipped to improve children’s rights.

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  • Promote. Protect. Defend: Young Human Rights Defenders produce report calling for greater support for human rights in Scotland

    Date: 18th April 2019
    Category: Incorporation, Awareness-raising, Respect for the views of the child, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

    A group of young Human Rights Defenders has been working with CYPCS for the past year to create recommendations for people in power in Scotland. Recommendations have now been published in the report 'Promote. Protect. Defend.'

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  • Are we protecting the rights of children whose families cross international borders?

    Date: 12th February 2019
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Access to appropriate information, Family reunification, Care Experienced children, Protection from abuse or neglect, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Awareness-raising, Best interests of the child, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

    Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) have created a factsheet for social workers and any professional protecting children on the impact Brexit may have on children and families who are crossing, or separated by, international boarders living in the UK.

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  • Best of UNICEF 2018 research published. Can the cycle of violence against women and children be broken?

    Date: 12th February 2019
    Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Awareness-raising

    The Best of UNICEF Research 2018 was recently published. This research underscored the need to view both forms of violence against children and intimate partner violence (women) as overlapping issues with common risk factors.

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  • The Role of Law and Legal Knowledge for a transformative human rights education: addressing violations of children’s right in formal education.

    Date: 12th February 2019
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Access to appropriate information, Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation, Incorporation, General principles

    The Human Rights Education Review Report has published a report identifying a number of violations of the human rights of children in school settings.  

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  • Police Scotland Youth Hub: Call for Feedback

    Date: 11th February 2019
    Category: Access to appropriate information, Awareness-raising, Respect for the views of the child, Age of criminal responsibility, Child justice system

    In 2018, Police Scotland launched its first dedicated Facebook page for young people along with re-designing its digital platforms to ensure information is available when needed.

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  • Scottish Government Publishes Action Plan for Children’s Rights

    Date: 11th February 2019
    Category: Awareness-raising, Child rights impact assessments, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

    Scottish Government has published an Action Plan and Report for Children’s Rights entitled ‘Progressing Human Rights for Children in Scotland’.

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  • Together celebrates Universal Children’s Day 2018

    Date: 21st November 2018
    Category: Awareness-raising, Incorporation

    Together joined members from across Scotland to celebrate Universal Children’s Day  on Tuesday 20th November at the Children’s Parliament’s National Sitting in Edinburgh and YouthLink Scotland’s National Conference in Glasgow.

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