Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Equal protection from violence

The Bill, which seeks to end the physical punishment of children in Wales, has attracted the support of police, social workers, teachers and organisations. However, some parents and church groups have opposed it.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: General measures of implementation

The Welsh Assembly’s Young People and Education Committee is consulting on the impact of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development

The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published a report on serious youth violence in England and Wales, examining the extent to which the current UK Government’s response matches the scale of the problem.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Social security, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report measuring the stability of the lives of children and young people in care in England over 2017-18.

Date: 14th August 2019
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A new child-friendly version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has been published by UNICEF and Child Rights Connect. 

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Child Rights Connect (CRC) has published a series of case studies on NGOs’ and National Human Rights Institutions’ activities engaging with specific recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Incorporation

The webinar focused on Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law, and what is needed to ensure this commitment is fully realised in practice.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The meeting on 1-2 July 2019 gathered NGOs from across the world to discuss mechanisms to strengthen UN Treaty Bodies, ahead of the 2020 review process.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Incorporation

The reports summarise the speaker presentations and table discussions.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Child justice system

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) released the figures on 25th July. They show that in the last year, 12,869 children and young people in Scotland were referred to the Children’s Reporter and 31,653 Children’s Hearings were held.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Respect for the views of the child

SCRA has launched a new suite of materials to provide information and support to children and young people on how to complain if they wish to.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

The review of the first phase of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) has now been published.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Mental health

COSLA and Scottish Government have jointly published the recommendations of the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce, setting out a blueprint for improving the mental health of young people in Scotland.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Young carers

The festival takes place every year and provides a chance for young carers to have a break from their caring role, meet other young carers, take part in consultation and most importantly, have fun.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Street Play is an initiative that allows communities to close local roads free-of-charge so that children can play safely outside and close to their homes.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

The September 2019 trial will see vehicles banned from roads surrounding six schools at the beginning and end of the school day.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Mental health, Family Environment and Alternative Care

NSPCC has launched a campaign calling for perinatal mental health support for every mum, so that every baby and every family gets a fair start.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Optional protocol on a communications procedure

Individual complaints adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child during its latest session (13 May 2019 - 31 May 2019) are now available online.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Respect for the views of the child

The report on child rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) includes, for the first time, a section presenting children's views. 

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

A UN inter-governmental working group has published a revised draft for a proposed treaty on business and human rights.