COVID- 19: A child’s rights crisis

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation

Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham analyses whether children have become the biggest victims of this pandemic as she explores the effect of COVID-19.

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COVID-19: Results from survey offer insight into how parents and carers are coping during lockdown

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Connect’s survey ran for the first four weeks of school closures and received 1578 responses from parents and carers across 29 local authorities in Scotland. Concerns of parents and carers include: their ability to support their child’s learning, children’s health and wellbeing, lack of social interaction and absence of communication from school or nursery.

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Play Scotland request for resources

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Play Scotland is asking all organisations in the play sector to share their play and family-based resources which would help parents and families during this time.

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Seeking the views of children and young people

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles

Carers Trust Scotland is asking young carers to share their experience of being a young carer in school, university, college in Scotland, or who are in the process of applying to university or college. Clan Childlaw is seeking the insight from children, young people, family members, carers or professionals supporting children and young people about how COVID-19 is and lockdown is affecting them and what they think the long-term impact of the pandemic will be.

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Survey opened: Discovering the impact of school closures

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Following the closures of schools due to COVID-19, councils and schools are currently offering support for families and children. Parents or carers with school aged children can share their thoughts and experiences of the success of the support offered by government, councils and schools and identify areas of improvement.

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COVID-19: Survey results reveal further support should made available to care-experienced children

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Adoption UK ran a week-long survey in April for parents and carers of care-experienced children who would normally be in school. The UK-wide survey received 660 valid responses and found 85% of care-experienced children are not receiving additional support for their home-based learning. Following this finding, the organisation is calling on the governments in all four nations to provide additional funding and resources to help schools support these children.

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COVID-19: Joint NGO letter sent to UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Over 40 NGOs issue a joint letter to encourage United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies to explore all possible options to ensure continuous monitoring of States’ compliance with their treaty obligations during the crisis.

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COVID-19: The impact of the pandemic on children with incarcerated parents

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Children of prisoners

States must remember that the children of those held in detention are rights holders, and that their rights and their best interests must be considered in all COVID-19 responses which impact upon them. This paper discusses the impact of the response taken by States and other actors upon children’s rights and offers recommendations to them to ensure these rights are safeguarded.

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COVID-19: Rethinking youth protests

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Public health measures imposed globally to curb the pandemic have restricted public gatherings, this article discusses what impact this has on children and young people’s right to protest, what alternatives they have found to street protests and how organisations and parents can support their civic participation.

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Launch of new database of Universal Periodic Review voluntary pledges and recommendations

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Policies & procedures, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

This database is a powerful tool to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and fundamental freedoms, as it includes more than 79,000 Universal Periodic Review recommendations and 1,500 voluntary pledges that States have made.

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