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Date: 18th June 2021
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Protection from abuse or neglect
Teachers, designated safeguarding leads and designated child protection officers are encouraged to take part in two short surveys to aid a study into human rights and safeguarding in schools across the UK.
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Date: 18th June 2021
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Equal protection from violence
Sixteen and 17-year-olds can marry in England and Wales with parental consent, putting them at risk of being coerced into child marriage. Following the voicing of serious concerns to the UK Government by a range of organisations working to end child marriage, the Ministry of Justice has said it is committed to raising the minimum legal age to 18 “as soon as legislative opportunity arises”.
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Date: 18th June 2021
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General Comments
This General Comment, developed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, will provide authoritative guidance on how children’s rights are impacted by the environmental crisis and what States must do to uphold these rights.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General Comments
Internet access continues to be a challenge for frontline workers, working to protect, respect and fulfil children’s rights. This open letter encourages world leaders to bridge the digital divide, guarantee the protection of children online and work towards meaningful participation of children and young people to design the future of the digital world.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Encourage children to participate in a project to develop the first ever child-friendly International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and its standards.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Mikiko has been a longstanding friend and supporter of Together, joining Together to present the draft Children’s Rights Bill to John Swinney back in 2018 and celebrating the passage of the UNCRC Incorporation Bill earlier on this year!
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Budgeting
Eurochild has urged EU officials to assess plans to spend special EU recovery funds through a child rights lens. This follows recent analysis by 22 children’s rights organisations and individuals, only four of whom were consulted during the development of these plans by governments.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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General Comments
Over half of 12-15-year-olds report that they have seen a false news story. This new case study looks at design features which increase the spread of misinformation and ‘fake news’, which can negatively impact children and young people’s rights and wellbeing.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
There is a lack of rigorous school food monitoring in place. To help develop an insight into children’s experiences of school food across the four nations, children are encouraged to complete a questionnaire, supported by parents and carers if they need it.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Child justice system
Children and young people are encouraged to share their views in a survey about taking part in a Restorative Justice process and on how to improve an awareness raising video.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Family Environment and Alternative Care
The Strategy includes fifteen actions, covering: membership, policy, representation and influencing, workforce, learning and quality, children and families and value of childminding.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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COVID-19
This report uncovered the human rights considerations from 48 public authorities using Freedom of Information requests.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Family Environment and Alternative Care
CELCIS wants to identify and create ways to improve children and young people’s experiences when taking part in a hearing. To do this, the Voice and Inclusion Project has been set up for children and young people with care experience to come together to work with CELCIS to share their ideas. If you know a child or a young person aged 12-26 who would like to get involved, get in touch with CELCIS today!
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Date: 28th May 2021
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UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
New joint Equality Outcomes have been published to act in line with the Equality Act 2010, thereby eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation, whilst advancing equal opportunities for individuals with protected characteristics.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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COVID-19
Sharing young children and families’ experiences of living on low incomes throughout the pandemic, Save the Children hopes to inform practice on how we can best support families as Scotland begins to recover from the pandemic.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Recreation, play and cultural activities
Together supports Thrive Outdoors’s position statement expressing the value of outdoor play and learning on children and young people’s health and wellbeing.
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Closing date: 21st June 2021
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Date: 28th May 2021
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Students from Edinburgh University’s Human Rights Clinic presented a valuable webinar looking into legal and non-legal frameworks that can protect, respect and fulfil children’s Right to a healthy environment; how to improve participation of children in environmental issues; and how to enhance children’s access to justice in environmental issues.
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Date: 14th May 2021
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Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children
We have supported a joint letter by the Scottish Refugee Council and responded to the UK Government’s consultation to highlight children’s human rights concerns.
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Date: 14th May 2021
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Joining Together on placement, Siti will be completing a research project analysing the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 from a children’s rights perspective. Siti will be drawing out learning from this Act to inform Scotland’s implementation of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.
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