The Year of Young People 2018!

Date: 10th September 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child

To start the journey towards Scotland's Year of Young People in 2018 which will celebrate Scotland's children and young people locally, nationally and globally, preparations are taking place and are being led by young people.

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Update: Stage 2 of Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill

Date: 10th September 2015
Category: Age of criminal responsibility, Children of prisoners

During Stage 2 considerations of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, the Justice Committee backed law change for children impacted by a parent in prison but rejected an amendment to raise the age of criminal responsibility from eight to 12.

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#TellTheUN – Together’s new blog post by Jordan Linden MSYP

Date: 1st September 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Awareness-raising

Jordan Linden is the recently elected Chair for the Scottish Youth Parliament. In this new blog post for Together, he outlines why and how children and young people can #TelltheUN through Twitter about their experiences of living and growing up in Scotland. In doing so, Ms. Amal Aldoseri, a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, can see exactly where children's rights are and are not being fulfilled in Scotland.

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Together’s Development Survey!

Date: 1st September 2015
Category:

Together is conducting research to inform the development of a potential new training programme on children's rights, especially relating to the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

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UK Play Industry’s #nowhere2play Campaign

Date: 1st September 2015
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

This campaign looks into the state of playgrounds and areas for children to play and calls on parents and carers across the UK to share their views on the state of local play facilities, their concerns about where their children will play in future and the role of government in protecting children's right to play.

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Blog: Monitoring the civil & political rights of children

Date: 19th August 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Diego Quiroz (SHRC) outlines recent UN International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR) recommendations relating to children & next steps for advancement.

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#TellTheUN about your rights in Scotland

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Are you a child or young person living in Scotland? The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child wants to hear your views about your rights & growing up in Scotland.

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Life in Scotland – Have YOUR Say!

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

A special Glow TV event will be taking place on 3rd September, as UN Committee member Amal Aldoseri visits Scotland to find out more about children's rights in Scotland. What do the children you teach think about life in Scotland?

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Report on the coordination and cooperation of integrated child protection systems

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The 9th European Forum on the Rights of the Child took place in June 2015 and aimed to foster the exchange of good practices, to facilitate connections at inter-sectoral and inter-agency level (both nationally and transnationally), and to promote more effective cooperation and coordination in integrated child protection systems. A report of the Forum is now available.

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Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Date: 12th August 2015
Category: Child justice system, Age of criminal responsibility

This consultation paper sets out specific proposals to reform the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to allow more people with previous criminal activity to be able to move away from their past offending behaviour and to reduce the length of time most people will have to disclose their previous criminal activity.

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