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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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