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  • UNCRC Bill is passed by Scottish Parliament – a huge victory for children and young people who have been involved, past and present!

    Date: 15th December 2023
    Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation

    For over 10 years, children, young people and adults have stepped up to lead this important campaign and their hard work has finally paid off. Thursday 7th December 2023 was a historic day as the amended UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill was unanimously passed in Scottish Parliament. Read on to find out more about the day and how we celebrated with children and young people.

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  • Consultation: A Human Rights Bill for Scotland

    Date: 16th June 2023
    Category: Incorporation

    Closing date: 5th October 2023

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  • Children and young people are done with delays, and so are we!

    Date: 28th March 2023
    Category: Incorporation

    It’s official, Scotland has hit the two-year anniversary of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill being unanimously passed. Watch what children, young people and Together members have to say.

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  • ‘Dear Kate, Ash and Humza…’ A letter from children and young people

    Date: 8th March 2023
    Category: Incorporation

    Together supported Omima, Arden, Beau and Daisy, Members of Children’s Parliament and Scottish Youth Parliament, to send a letter to the SNP leadership candidates, asking for their clear commitment to incorporating children’s rights. The letter gained support from our members with 75 signatories! Let’s keep the pressure on candidates at the hustings – read more to find out how you can get involved!

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  • The Rights Detectives Report Launch

    Date: 2nd March 2023
    Category: Incorporation

    On Thursday 2nd of March 2023, we published our Rights Detectives Report providing an update to Scottish Government. Our Rights Detectives have been extremely busy investigating and completing missions to help shape Scotland's new Human Rights Bill! 

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  • SNP Leadership Candidate Letter

    Date: 1st March 2023
    Category: Incorporation

    The time is now for #MakingRightsReal 

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  • Together gives evidence to the UN Committee in Geneva!

    Date: 13th February 2023
    Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Incorporation

    Together has just returned from an action-packed few days in Geneva, where we joined children, young people and other adult human rights defenders to give evidence to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of #TeamScotlandUN.

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  • UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill debated in Scottish Parliament

    Date: 13th February 2023
    Category: Incorporation

    Martin Whitfield, Scottish Labour MSP, demanded greater transparency and a commitment to a timeline for the incorporation of children’s rights from Scottish Government, highlighting the issue raised by our human rights defenders Beau, Daisy, Arden and Omima at the UN last week.

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  • International Human Rights Day: New research on the incorporation of ICERD for Scotland's new Human Rights Bill

    Date: 9th December 2022
    Category: UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Incorporation

    The theme of this year’s International Human Rights Day is ‘Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All’ and in celebration of this special day Judi our Policy and Communications Intern shares an insight into her research during her placement with Together during her Human Rights LLM, on incorporating the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and advocates for better access to justice for children and young people in Scotland.

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  • Resourcing for the development of the new Human Rights Bill in Scotland

    Date: 9th November 2022
    Category: Incorporation

    Civil society organisations, including Together, have written a letter to the First Minister asking for more resources which are needed for the development of Scotland’s new Human Rights Bill in order for it to succeed. The Scottish Government has since responded committing to funding the Bill “accordingly” but lacks sufficient detail.

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  • Update: Second reading of the Bill of Rights

    Date: 9th November 2022
    Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation

    New Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has re-appointed Dominic Raab as Justice Secretary, meaning a revival of his Bill of Rights (or more appropriately “Rights Removal Bill”). Catch up on the latest updates here!

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  • Skills and Knowledge Framework – Professional Panel

    Date: 27th October 2022
    Category: Incorporation

    Together is working on an exciting project commissioned by the Scottish Government to work jointly with our amazing partners JustRight Scotland, JRS KnowHow, Children’s Parliament and the Observatory on Human Rights of Children in Wales to explore in depth the skills and knowledge required for different duty-bearers to fully implement children’s rights in Scotland.

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  • Scottish Government update on incorporating children’s rights

    Date: 13th October 2022
    Category: Incorporation, General measures of implementation

    The Scottish Government has provided an update on its progress on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill as it moves to the Reconsideration Stage, a year after the UK Supreme Court Judgement.

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  • Civil society writes to the First Minister on the incorporation of human rights

    Date: 13th October 2022
    Category: Incorporation

    In light of the UK Government’s “Rights Removal Bill” being shelved, Scotland’s civil society organisations have written to the First Minister emphasising the urgent need for Scotland’s new Human Rights Bill. The letter asks for reassurance after Scottish Government announced a significant delay to public consultation on the proposed Bill.

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  • The Rights Removal Bill has been shelved

    Date: 15th September 2022
    Category: Incorporation, General measures of implementation

    The UK Government’s attempt to replace the Human Rights Act with a new Bill of Rights (or more appropriately ‘Rights Removal Bill’), has failed as the new Prime Minister Liz Truss has shelved the Bill temporarily.

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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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  • Read the Year of Childhood 2021 Report!

    Date: 1st August 2022
    Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation

    The Year of Childhood 2021 saw the passage of the UNCRC Incorporation Bill and Children’s Parliament’s 25th birthday. During the year, Children’s Parliament explored childhood through the lens of children’s human rights, raising awareness and understanding amongst the adult workforce.

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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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  • Rights Right Now! reports launched

    Date: 9th June 2022
    Category: Incorporation

    Originally known as the Interim Children and Young People’s Consortium, Rights Right Now! was a pilot project with children and young people that Together led. The project aimed to support meaningful and inclusive participation of children as Scotland moves to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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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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