Date: 7th October 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The UNCRC Secretariat has produced a child-friendly presentation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child members.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development

Closing date: 17th November 2019

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) calls for submissions that would help prepare the report on “Realizing the rights of the child through a healthy environment”.

Date: 18th September 2019
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The free three-day international conference will take place at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on November 18, 19 and 20, 2019.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Restraint, Civil Rights and Freedoms

The UN General Assembly recently published a report summarising the detailed findings of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: General measures of implementation

The memo provides an overview of the extent to which children’s rights are promoted and taken into account in policies and practice at national and European Union (EU) level.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The UK has changed the procedure that it will follow when reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The UK previously followed the standard reporting procedure but opted into the simplified procedure in August 2019.

Date: 18th September 2019
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The Child Law Network aims to provide a free service updating members of news and developments in child law in Scotland.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Supported by the Children’s Parliament, Hannah Richardson, took part in an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 16th September 2019.

Date: 18th September 2019
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Join us at The Melting Pot, Rose Street, Edinburgh on Thursday 26th September (18:00 – 19:30) where we will be marking the occasion with party games, activities, food and lots of fun! 

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments, Optional protocol on a communications procedure

Child Rights Connect has launched a mini-site with resources and updates related to the Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure (OPIC).

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Understanding Inequalities (UI) research project invites anyone working in the field of inequalities to participate in their international conference on 9th and 10th of June 2020 in Edinburgh.

Date: 16th September 2019
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Access to appropriate information, Child justice system

The briefing, issued jointly with members of the UK Children and Brexit coalition, outlines the implications of EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) policy and guidance for EU-national children who have been in contact with the criminal justice system. 

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: Policies & procedures

The 2019-20 Programme for Government sets out a range of commitments relevant to children and young people’s rights under the UNCRC. 

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The proposed legislation will update the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and aims to improve the experience of children involved in family law cases.

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: General measures of implementation

This policy seminar, held on the 28th of August 2019 in Glasgow, gathered over 40 delegates from a range of organisations to discuss the UNCRC incorporation into Scots law and youth work.

Date: 11th September 2019
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Following the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s encouragement, 23 countries have pledged to take specific and measurable actions for the promotion, protection and realisation of children’s rights.

Date: 28th August 2019
Category:

Are you a member of Together? We need your feedback to help evaluate our activities and see if there are areas for improvement!

Date: 27th August 2019
Category: Incorporation

In a joint letter to the Minister for Children and Young People, Together and 35 of its members highlight the importance of meeting the international ‘gold standard’ for incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law.    

Date: 26th August 2019
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Child poverty

Teach First has published an investigation exploring the difference in results between young people who attend schools in England’s richest and poorest communities.