New Masters-level Degree in Early Childhood & Children’s Rights

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The University of Edinburgh has launched a new Pathway Degree, the MSc Education (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel). The pathway is aimed at those who have an interest in early childhood education and would like to gain an advanced, critical understanding of Froebelian principles and other contemporary early years pedagogies.

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Digital World & Digital Rights Survey for Young People

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Since its launch in February this year, the Young Scot 5Rights Youth Leadership Group has been investigating different aspects of the digital world – particularly around how young people can support each other around their digital rights, the role that businesses can play in realising young people’s rights, what cyber resilience means to young people, and how innovative technology can help young people exercise their rights in the digital world.

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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Bill: Consultation

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Scottish Government is looking to develop a Bill which aims to strengthen the existing legislative framework for protecting women and girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Bill seeks to introduce protection orders for women and girls at risk, and place guidance for professionals on a statutory footing.

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Rights of the Child UK (ROCK) Annual Conference 2018

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: General measures of implementation

The Rights of the Child UK (ROCK) Annual Conference will be held in Cardiff on Wednesday 12th December 2018. The conference will explore how domestic law can be used to progress the UNCRC.

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Together endorses submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on '20 years of the Human Rights Act'

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Together has supported a joint submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the effectiveness of the Human Rights Act (1998).

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Let’s Make a Nation of Unfearties! Together and Children’s Parliament launch joint ‘Call to Action’

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: General principles, Awareness-raising, Incorporation

As part of Children in Scotland’s 25 th Anniversary ‘ 25 Calls’ , Together has launched a call to action along with Children’s Parliament to make Scotland “a nation of Unfearties

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Scotland’s Human Rights Defenders at the UNCRC Day of General Discussion 2018

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

On the 28 th September 2018, 17 children and young people from Scotland took part in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Children as Human Rights Defenders. The DGD brought children and young people together from all over the world and created a space for them to share their experiences and recommendations as Human Rights Defenders to key international decisions makers.

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Scottish Human Rights Defenders Fellowship launched

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

A new Scottish Human Rights Defenders Fellowship has been launched, with the first three Fellows welcomed to Scotland.

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Children at high risk as EU moves further away from achieving poverty reduction target

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new report published by Eurostat on poverty reduction targets reveals that more than one in four children in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

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Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Policies & procedures

The Local Government and Communities Committee seeks views on the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill .

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