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Date: 28th May 2020
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Recreation, play and cultural activities
Play Scotland is asking all organisations in the play sector to share their play and family-based resources which would help parents and families during this time.
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles
Carers Trust Scotland is asking young carers to share their experience of being a young carer in school, university, college in Scotland, or who are in the process of applying to university or college. Clan Childlaw is seeking the insight from children, young people, family members, carers or professionals supporting children and young people about how COVID-19 is and lockdown is affecting them and what they think the long-term impact of the pandemic will be.
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Following the closures of schools due to COVID-19, councils and schools are currently offering support for families and children. Parents or carers with school aged children can share their thoughts and experiences of the success of the support offered by government, councils and schools and identify areas of improvement.
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Adoption UK ran a week-long survey in April for parents and carers of care-experienced children who would normally be in school. The UK-wide survey received 660 valid responses and found 85% of care-experienced children are not receiving additional support for their home-based learning. Following this finding, the organisation is calling on the governments in all four nations to provide additional funding and resources to help schools support these children.
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Date: 28th May 2020
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Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Over 40 NGOs issue a joint letter to encourage United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies to explore all possible options to ensure continuous monitoring of States’ compliance with their treaty obligations during the crisis.
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
Children of prisoners
States must remember that the children of those held in detention are rights holders, and that their rights and their best interests must be considered in all COVID-19 responses which impact upon them. This paper discusses the impact of the response taken by States and other actors upon children’s rights and offers recommendations to them to ensure these rights are safeguarded.
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms
Public health measures imposed globally to curb the pandemic have restricted public gatherings, this article discusses what impact this has on children and young people’s right to protest, what alternatives they have found to street protests and how organisations and parents can support their civic participation.
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Date: 28th May 2020
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Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Policies & procedures, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
This database is a powerful tool to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and fundamental freedoms, as it includes more than 79,000 Universal Periodic Review recommendations and 1,500 voluntary pledges that States have made.
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
Policies & procedures, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
This media guide provides information on the newly appointed Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts, outlining their profile, role and how you can contact them.
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Date: 28th May 2020
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Closing date: 30th June 2020
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Date: 28th May 2020
Category:
General principles, General measures of implementation
Closing date: 12th October 2020
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Date: 27th May 2020
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Scottish Government has published two documents on the steps it is taking to promote, protect and respect children’s human rights during the current pandemic. The reports were prepared in response to the statement by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in April which set out 11 recommendations on what governments should do to take a children’s rights-based approach to the crisis.
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Date: 15th May 2020
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The new Bill adds to the changes made by earlier legislation which passed in April 2020. It introduces changes to some of the duties on public services, support for carers and how the justice system operates.
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Date: 5th May 2020
Category:
General measures of implementation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The virtual briefing allowed for an initial exchange between Permanent Missions to the United Nations, providing them an opportunity to hear directly from children about their experiences, raising awareness of existing guidance on adopting child rights-based responses, sharing examples of national implementation and identifying gaps where further guidance is needed.
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Date: 5th May 2020
Category:
Incorporation
Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, has restated Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) within the current parliamentary term and to introduce a Bill later this year. The commitment comes as Scottish Government works to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen its work reprioritised and changes to the legislative programme.
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Date: 1st May 2020
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Incorporation
The joint letter welcomes Iona Colvin to the post and offers our members’ support and expertise in assisting Scottish Government to secure appropriate rights-based responses to the current pandemic.
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Date: 1st May 2020
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
Together’s response to a UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) inquiry highlights the steps governments (UK and devolved) must take to ensure responses are human rights compliant, discusses the effect of specific measures on children’s rights and uses evidence kindly provided by our members to demonstrate some of the groups disproportionately impacted by UK and Scottish Government measures.
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Date: 1st May 2020
Category:
Incorporation
Together has been working with the University of Edinburgh to co-deliver the Human Rights Clinic course. The aim of the project was to support Scottish Government’s understanding about where current law can be improved as it develops legislation to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law.
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Date: 1st May 2020
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The annual Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) Awards recognise and celebrate the amazing work of Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) and their Support Workers. This year in place of an event at the Scottish Parliament the award ceremony was held on Twitter.
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Date: 1st May 2020
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
The Scottish Government and the Scottish Prison Service have announced plans to give people in Scottish prisons access to secure mobile phones and tablets to facilitate contact with their families.
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