Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Care Experienced children

The Day of General Discussion (DGD) 2021 focused on children’s rights in alternative care. The report sets out recommendations for government, civil society actors and human rights institutions made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Non-discrimination

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a new resolution which calls upon governments to repeal laws which exclusively or disproportionately target or criminalise women and girls, as well as urging governments to protect and fulfil the right to reproductive and sexual health.

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

On 28th July, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution that says everyone on the planet has a right to a healthy environment. The General Assembly recognised climate change and environmental degradation as some of the most pressing threats to humanity’s future.

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Closing Date: 12th August 2022

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Special protection measures

Closing date: 19th August 2022

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

Closing date: 26th August 2022

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Closing date: 25th October 2022

Date: 26th July 2022
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Incorporation, Training

The UNCRC Implementation project has been set up to support local authorities to prepare for the incorporation of the UNCRC. 

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

Since the Scottish Parliament made the landmark decision to bring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law, many people and organisations in Scotland have been thinking about how to prepare for this. This work brought together children and adult experts on children’s rights to discover how children’s rights can be realised across Scotland. It identifies gaps in current knowledge and some of the challenges that may occur when embedding children’s rights.

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The UK Government has announced a new Bill that seeks to remove rights and roll back many provisions within the Human Rights Act. Amongst our members and wider civil society, we have expressed serious concerns over the impact of this #RightsRemovalBill. We continue to identify the necessity of the Human Rights Act with the UK Government.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

We recently submitted our response to Scottish Government’s consultation on the potential legislative reforms to promote and advance the rights of children in the care and justice systems, and people who have been harmed.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

For our 2022 State of Children’s Rights report, many of you kindly shared with us the challenges you face when working with decision-makers such as Scottish Parliament. We used what you told us, alongside the recommendations made by Rights Right Now! to respond to a consultation launched by Scottish Parliament. We hope our answers will help to ensure Scottish Parliament’s work involves, reflects and meets the needs of the full range of communities it represents.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Children’s Parliament has a wealth of experience working with children to participate in climate change action. Drawing from this, it recently helped to inform the UN Special Rapporteur on climate change actions to address the world’s climate emergency. Children’s Parliament also identified human rights issues associated with the climate change emergency.  

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Special protection measures

Certain detention practices, for example in Scottish prisons, may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT). This briefing sets out the minimum threshold for a finding of torture or CIDT in detention, in breach of children’s rights.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Care Experienced children

The Promise Scotland Oversight Board is responsible for monitoring the progress towards keeping The Promise. The Promise aims to ensure the most vulnerable children feel loved, respected, listened to and heard in decisions that affect them. Reporting annually until 2030, the Board conclude that although progress is being made, the delivery bodies responsible for Keeping the Promise need to increase the pace and scale of change. 

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Child poverty

After speaking to 49 parents, JRF and Save the Children have made 50 recommendations on how Scottish Government can address the gaps in its second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. These recommendations aim to ensure action does not fall short of ambition to tackle child poverty.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Protection of privacy

Thirty-seven organisations write to Secretary of State Nadine Dorries, urging the UK Government to adopt their amendments to the Online Safety Bill. In doing so, this will work to uphold the rights of children online.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

This new report reviews the fundamental rights that were fulfilled or left unfulfilled across the EU in 2021. It looks at areas such as equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; child rights and access to justice.

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Closing date: 15th August 2022 (extended)

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Mental health

Closing date: 9th September 2022