Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Education, including vocational education, Child poverty

University students in England are forced to skip lectures to work paid shifts due to increasing pressures caused by the cost-of-living crisis, according to a recent poll.

Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The 52nd session of the Human Rights Council will take place from 27 February to 4 April, 2023 and will involve a discussion on the UNCRC for the annual day on the rights of child on 10th March.

Date: 8th March 2023
Category:

On Friday 24 February, the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre and Child Rights Connect participated and delivered a statement on the Day of the General Discussion that the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) organised to discuss their next General Comment that will focus on sustainable development.

Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Deadline: 30th April 2023

Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

This short film is an uplifting story of play, children’s rights and multiculturalism in Glasgow. Licketyspit documents their latest project on how Storyplay can support integration, with over 700 children and families from different backgrounds taking part in meaningful play.

Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

In ‘the Opportunity is now’, researchers explore concerns and aspirations for the health and social care sector in Scotland from interviews taken with key stakeholders and across the sector. Opportunities for improvement that were identified include the National Care Service and incorporation of human rights.

Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Do you teach or support children & young people from armed forces and veteran families? The Forces Life Board Game and Comic Book provides an opportunity for educators & professionals to enhance their continual professional development (CPD) by learning more about unique challenges faced by this group of young people when it comes to education and learning, mental health and wellbeing and much more.

Date: 8th March 2023
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Child poverty

The British Institute of Human Rights has published informative video resources on the importance of the protection of the Human Rights Act (HRA) during the cost-of-living crisis.

Date: 2nd March 2023
Category: Incorporation

On Thursday 2nd of March 2023, we published our Rights Detectives Report providing an update to Scottish Government. Our Rights Detectives have been extremely busy investigating and completing missions to help shape Scotland's new Human Rights Bill! 

Date: 1st March 2023
Category: Incorporation

The time is now for #MakingRightsReal 

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Incorporation

Together has just returned from an action-packed few days in Geneva, where we joined children, young people and other adult human rights defenders to give evidence to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of #TeamScotlandUN.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Our report aims to inform the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about the state of children’s rights in Scotland. Children, young people and so many of you shared evidence that was key to this report. We really could not have done it without you!

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Incorporation

Martin Whitfield, Scottish Labour MSP, demanded greater transparency and a commitment to a timeline for the incorporation of children’s rights from Scottish Government, highlighting the issue raised by our human rights defenders Beau, Daisy, Arden and Omima at the UN last week.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

Human rights organisations across Scotland are preparing for the UK’s next review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland have recently submitted reports to assist the UN Committee in preparing for the review and to suggest questions that it should raise with government officials.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Right to life, survival and development, COVID-19

Public Health Scotland has published new research on the impact of public health measures and society restrictions during the pandemic on speech, language and communication (SLC) development of children and young people. The data reveals an increasing rise in SLC developmental concerns and the need for support in Scotland.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Education, including vocational education

Children have been sharing their opinions on the teacher strikes which have been rolling across the UK, and how parents and carers are coping with children being off school.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Social security

The UN Human Rights Office would like to hear from children directly for their report on inclusive social protection and is organising four online children’s discussions (two in English, one in French and one in Spanish).

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Access to appropriate information, Protection of privacy, Best interests of the child

The regulation of encryption is a long-debated issue and has been identified as an area that needs added protections for children against the violation of their rights. This new report sets out a child rights-based approach to encryption to influence policy making on this issue.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Non-discrimination, Education, including vocational education

Deadline: 31st March 2023

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Age of criminal responsibility, Child justice system

Deadline: 2nd April 2023