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.'

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

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.

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.  

Date: 11th February 2019
Category: Access to appropriate information, Awareness-raising, Respect for the views of the child, Age of criminal responsibility, Children in conflict with the law

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.

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’.

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.

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Looked after children, Awareness-raising, Incorporation

Together was proud to walk alongside hundreds of people in Glasgow as part of Who Cares? Scotland’s Love Rally on Friday 26th October 2018 which called for a lifetime of equality, respect and love for care experienced people.

Date: 6th November 2018
Category: Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation, Respect for the views of the child

Together joined two of its members, Children's Parliament and the Scottish Youth Parliament, at Eurochild's 2018 Conference in Croatia. The conference took place from 29th-31st October 2018 and brought together practitioners, researchers, charities, children and young people from across Europe to discuss positive examples of children and young people being involved in decision-making.

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: General principles, Awareness-raising, Incorporation

As part of Children in Scotland’s 25th Anniversary ‘25 Calls’, Together has launched a call to action along with Children’s Parliament to make Scotland “a nation of Unfearties

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: General principles, Awareness-raising

Children and young people from Children’s Parliament, Scottish Youth Parliament and Who Cares? Scotland are preparing to travel to Geneva with Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) and Bruce Adamson, the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland, to take part in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion (DGD).

Date: 28th June 2018
Category: Awareness-raising, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Respect for the views of the child

Last week, Together partnered with other children's rights organisations in Scotland to hold the first Day of General Discussion (DGD) Hub in preparation for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's DGD on Children as Human Rights Defenders, which will take place in September.

Date: 29th March 2018
Category: Awareness-raising

Research into public attitudes towards human rights in Scotland has shown that 42% of adults aged 16+ are supportive of human rights, as opposed to only 13% who are opposed.

Date: 29th October 2017
Category: Incorporation, Awareness-raising

The Scottish Youth Parliament's (SYP) campaign on young people's rights, Right Here, Right Now - which launched on Friday 27th October - is calling on the nation's policy makers for full incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law.

Date: 2nd October 2017
Category: Awareness-raising, Best interests of the child, Right to life, survival and development, Health and health services

HIV Scotland has called for compulsory Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) education to be taught in schools for fear that today's young people are missing out on vital information to prevent HIV.

Date: 16th November 2016
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, General principles, Awareness-raising

Calling all MSPs to sign the Child Rights Manifesto and become a #ChildRightsChamp!

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Awareness-raising

The Commissioner and his team produce an annual report each year to tell people what they have been doing - alongside the report, the office has produced a film made by young people who chose what they felt would be interesting.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Awareness-raising

Children's Parliament are currently running several different projects in several communities across Scotland. To keep track of so much activity, they have taken to the blogosphere.

Date: 1st March 2016
Category: Awareness-raising

Scottish Government are looking to capture feedback on the human rights awareness campaign 'Fly the Flag for human rights' launched in November 2015 through a short stakeholder survey.

Date: 19th January 2016
Category: Awareness-raising, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

Together is pleased to notify subscribers that we have successfully obtained a £2000 grant from the Castansa Trust in order to hold our annual State of Children's Rights report seminars for 2016.