Date: 11th January 2021
Category: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Policies & procedures, Incorporation

The Scottish Government wants to write a new human rights law for Scotland, and has created a National Taskforce to support its work. The Taskforce wants to know what children and young people think about this!

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Incorporation, Budgeting

Together was joined over summer 2020 by Sara Helgesson, an LLM Human Rights candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Sara spent three months completing a research placement on child rights-based budgeting. Today, we are delighted to publish her dissertation which presents her findings.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Incorporation

Together’s Director, Juliet Harris, delivered Stage 1 evidence to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee, alongside members Who Cares? Scotland, YouthLink Scotland, SCLD and Scottish Youth Parliament.

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.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Incorporation

Over 50 children and young people took part in two online engagement sessions on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. The sessions gave members of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee (EHRiC) an opportunity to hear children and young people’s views , including their ideas for improving the Bill. The sessions were hosted by Together in partnership with seven member organisations.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Incorporation, Restraint

Every year, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) presents a report to Scottish Parliament to share what work has been done. This year’s report covers April 2019 to March 2020.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Health and health services, Mental health, Incorporation, Child poverty

The report compares available Scottish data for 2020 versus 2017 to monitor trends in child health outcomes. The report makes a range of policy recommendations to support Scottish Government in fulfilling its 2030 child poverty and childhood obesity targets.

Date: 12th November 2020
Category: Incorporation, Disabled children

In the post, the Chief Executive Officers of SCLD and PAMIS discuss the importance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill for children and young people with learning/intellectual disabilities.

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Incorporation

Together has submitted its response to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views. The new Bill moves us a step closer towards ensuring all children’s human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled across Scotland.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Incorporation

The Equalities and Human Rights Committee has launched a child friendly version of the consultation on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. The children’s version is accompanied by resources and information, including a facilitator pack to help adults planning engagement activities with children around the Bill.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Incorporation

Clare Simpson from Parenting Across Scotland writes about UNCRC incorporation and the work of the Care Review offering the scaffolding for change for Scottish families. Dr Kasey McCall-Smith, who serves on the Expert Advisory Group on UNCRC incorporation highlights some of the key features of the UNCRC Incorporation Bill that will push for a better future for children in Scotland.

Date: 8th October 2020
Category: Incorporation

The draft response draws on the views and experience of our members, children and young people to highlight positive aspects of the Bill and where it could be further strengthened. In publishing our draft response early, we hope it will support our members in preparing their own responses.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation

Academics, practitioners and children’s organisations have produced a series of blogs which answer questions related to incorporation and the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. Questions addressed include: Does incorporation matter? What will incorporation mean for children and young people? What will incorporation do for youth workers?

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Incorporation

Closing date: 16th October 2020

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Incorporation

Closing date: 16th October 2020

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Incorporation

Together and 50 member organisations sent a joint letter to MSPs to celebrate the introduction of the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill on 2nd September 2020.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Incorporation

As Scotland moves to incorporate the UNCRC into law, Professor Ursula Kilkelly and Professor Laura Lundy have blogged about why this is important and what it will mean to children and young people.  The blog highlights how Scotland can draw from the experience of other countries that have already incorporated the UNCRC into law - including Norway, Finland, Iceland and Sweden - and how incorporation builds the momentum needed for a culture change in which children’s rights are truly recognised and fully realised.

Date: 1st September 2020
Category: Incorporation

The First Minister's speech on 1st September 2020 highlighted the commitment to “deliver a revolution in children’s rights” through passing the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Incorporation

The Moray House School of Education and Sport recently welcomed Professor Kirsten Sandberg to give the School’s Annual Lecture 2020 titled ‘Making Children’s Rights Real: The opportunities of incorporating the Convention on the Rights of the Child’.

Date: 5th May 2020
Category: Incorporation

Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, has restated Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) within the current parliamentary term and to introduce a Bill later this year. The commitment comes as Scottish Government works to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen its work reprioritised and changes to the legislative programme.