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

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has committed to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law within the next two years. In her keynote speech to the SNP conference, the First Minister said:

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: 18th April 2019
Category: Child poverty, Social security, Incorporation, Right to life, survival and development, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is calling on the government to take action to incorporate the right to food into Scotland's laws as part of its work to make Scotland a good food nation

Date: 17th April 2019
Category: Child rights impact assessments, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, General measures of implementation, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

After a period of evaluation, Scottish Government has updated its Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA).

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: 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: 18th December 2018
Category: Incorporation

As part of their A-Z #CPYearinReview, Children’s Parliament has published an article capturing children’s views on and calls for incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law.  

Date: 4th December 2018
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Incorporation

Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has published its report on Human Rights in Scotland which welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the principles of the UNCRC into Scots Law.  The Committee calls for the commitment to be taken forward in this parliamentary session.

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: Care Experienced 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: 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: Incorporation, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Policies & procedures

The First Minister has announced a commitment to incorporate the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law as part of the Programme for Government 2018/19 launched on the 4th September 2018.

Date: 14th June 2018
Category: Incorporation, General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Policies & procedures

The Swedish Parliament has adopted a bill that will incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law.

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: 24th July 2017
Category: Incorporation

The Government in Sweden have submitted a proposal to the Council on Legislation to incorporate the Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law.

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Incorporation

Together made a submission in partnership with the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) to urge the Committee to place a particular focus on considering the rights of children and young people.

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Incorporation

Together are delighted to announce that its joint project has been accepted for funding by the Scottish Universities Insight Institute!

Date: 26th July 2016
Category: General principles, Incorporation

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is considering the progress made by the Government in implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles on business and human rights, by means of the National Action Plan published in 2013 and revised in May 2016.

Date: 3rd March 2015
Category: Incorporation, Awareness-raising

This year's Maternal and Early Years conference theme is the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and a call for abstracts has been issued regarding work undertaken in partnership, including cross agency and cross sector collaborative approaches, to delivering the Act in practice.

Date: 10th February 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Incorporation

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