Children’s views sought on new guide on the Universal Periodic Review

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Closing date: 31 st August 2020

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Consultation on Proposed Right to Food (Scotland) Bill

Date: 10th July 2020
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Closing date: 15 th September 2020

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COVID-19 underlines importance of strong fundamental rights protection

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Fundamental Rights Agency’s Fundamental Rights Report 2020 report finds that growing intolerance and attacks on people’s fundamental rights continue to erode the considerable progress of protecting and promoting the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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‘The right of children to participate in public decision-making processes’ - report now available

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Children’s right to participate in decision‑making in all matters that affect their lives is a well‑established legal principle in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.International research indicates states are increasingly implementing this right in the sphere of public decision-making. This research explores the processes and structures across a variety of countries that are conducive to ensure children can effectively participate in decision making.

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New report on children’s rights in climate policies

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General principles

Children will feel the largest impact of climate change and yet, despite their vulnerability, children are often overlooked in the design and content of climate policies and related processes. This report aimed to assess and contribute to addressing the gap between current practice and a ‘child-sensitive’ approach to climate policymaking.

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Call for a stronger social security lifeline for children

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Child poverty

Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Save the Children recently polled 3,000 families with children claiming Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit to discover their experience of COVID-19.

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Professor Kirsten Sandberg lecture on incorporating children’s rights now available online

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’.

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Share your COVID-19 good practice working with children and young people in and leaving care as part of #WeLove campaign

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Staf’s campaign would like to highlight and document good practice adopted during the pandemic when working with children and young people in and leaving care, particularly around relationship-based and trauma-focused practice. Examples gathered will be taken to Scottish Government, to build back a better Scotland at the end of this crisis.

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Scottish Child Law Centre launches new website

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Scottish Child Law Centre offers free expert legal advice on children’s rights and child law across Scotland. Its new website will make it easier for advice line users to find out about the services offered and how to contact Scottish Child Law Centre.

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Explore how Scottish organisations have adapted their practice when responding to COVID-19

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Barnardo’s Scotland has detailed how it has continued to promote, monitor, report and protect the rights of children and young people amid COVID-19. This work was prompted by concerns that children and young people’s participation rights have not been upheld.

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