Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Incorporation

The joint letter welcomes Iona Colvin to the post and offers our members’ support and expertise in assisting Scottish Government to secure appropriate rights-based responses to the current pandemic.

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Incorporation

Together has been working with the University of Edinburgh to co-deliver the Human Rights Clinic course.  The aim of the project was to support Scottish Government’s understanding about where current law can be improved as it develops legislation to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law.

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Incorporation

The letter thanked her for the opportunity to meet on 3rd February 2020 and discuss Panel members’ key Brexit-related concerns and priorities, and emphasised the importance of children and young people’s ongoing participation in the process.   

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Incorporation

The event on 20th February 2020 provided delegates with an update on work of the National Taskforce on Human Rights, the second phase of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights, and perspectives from lived experience. 

Date: 9th December 2019
Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation

The Deputy First Minister has announced that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) will be incorporated in Scots law “in  full  and  directly –using  the  language  of  the Convention –in every case possible”, while the “only limitation will be the limit of the powers of the [Scottish] Parliament”.

Date: 29th October 2019
Category: Incorporation

The event, hosted by Human Rights Consortium Scotland, will be held on 19th November 2019, at Edinburgh University.

Date: 29th October 2019
Category: Incorporation

Responses to Scottish Government’s consultation on UNCRC incorporation have now been published.

Date: 27th August 2019
Category: Incorporation

In a joint letter to the Minister for Children and Young People, Together and 35 of its members highlight the importance of meeting the international ‘gold standard’ for incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law.    

Date: 15th August 2019
Category: Incorporation

Together’s response welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UNCRC by 2021 and sets out what’s needed to ensure a ‘gold standard’ model of incorporation is put in place.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Incorporation, General measures of implementation

The response highlights that incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law is the most important thing that Scotland can do for children and young people’s human rights.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation

YouthLink Scotland has published a report following its recent consultation event at Edinburgh Zoo on incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Incorporation

The webinar focused on Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law, and what is needed to ensure this commitment is fully realised in practice.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Incorporation

The reports summarise the speaker presentations and table discussions.

Date: 11th July 2019
Category: Incorporation

Together has produced three briefings related to incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law. The first aims to unpick and explain some of the consultation questions and support our members as they consider how to respond. The remaining two briefings are facilitator guides to help plan engagement sessions with children and young people. 

Date: 28th June 2019
Category: Incorporation

Together and the ALLIANCE are hosting two consultation events on the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law. The events will take place in Glasgow on 8th July 2019, and Edinburgh on 11th July.

Date: 24th June 2019
Category: Incorporation, General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Policies & procedures, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Together, along with our civil society partners, has written to the First Minister calling for a strong and effective legal framework to progress human rights in Scotland.

Date: 18th June 2019
Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Scottish Government has announced a new National Taskforce to lead on human rights in Scotland. 

Date: 22nd May 2019
Category: Incorporation

We warmly welcome the launch of the Scottish Government’s consultation on the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law. We particularly welcome the clear commitment that legislation is delivered within this parliamentary session and agree with the Scottish Government that incorporation has the potential to transform the experience of children, young people and their families across Scotland.

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.

Date: 30th April 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, General measures of implementation, General principles, Incorporation

Following on from the First Minister’s commitment to incorporation of the UNCRC within the next two years, Together are publishing a series of blogs over the month of May to highlight that now is the #RightTime to incorporate. Case studies from Together’s members show why it is vital for children and young people’s rights to be enshrined in Scots law.