Together launches its State of Children’s Rights Report

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Funding, General measures of implementation, General principles, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Special protection measures

More than 50 charities and experts contributed to the report which considers the extent to which children in Scotland are able to exercise their human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe writes to the First Minister

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

The letter thanked her for the opportunity to meet on 3 rd 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.

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Thank you and good luck to Vaska!

Date: 11th March 2020
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We’d like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to Vaska, our former Policy and Communications Assistant, who completed her time with us in early March.

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Annual Cabinet meeting with children and young people

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

The fourth annual Cabinet meeting with children and young people has taken place between Scottish Government Ministers and members of the Children’s Parliament and Scottish Youth Parliament.

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Scottish Human Rights Commission reports concerns to UN Human Rights Committee

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Child justice system, Age of criminal responsibility, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Equal protection from violence, Disabled children

Specific issues for children’s rights included the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, corporal punishment, the minimum age of criminal responsibility, access to mental health services, and children and young people in custody.

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Report on deaths of looked after children in Scotland 2012-2018

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Care Inspectorate report draws attention to themes emerging from notifications of the deaths of 61 care experienced children and young people during the period.

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FGM Bill completes Stage 2

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill passed at Stage 2 on 23 rd January 2020. The Stage 3 debate is tabled for 19 th March 2020.

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Period Products (Free Provision) Bill completes Stage 1

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty

The Bill, which aims to secure provision of free period products throughout Scotland, passed Stage 1 on 25 th February 2020.

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Resources from Youth Justice event - now available online

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Child justice system

The Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice has created a ‘stop page’ for all resources related to their event ‘Grappling with uncomfortable truths: Future-proofing Youth Justice in Scotland’ that took place on 6th February 2020.

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Children in custody – trends and patterns from 2015-19

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: Child justice system

Analysis of four years of data reveals a downward trend in the number of children in custody and raises a number of questions around conditions for those still in custody, sentence length, remand, and data collection.

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