Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Child poverty

Views are being sought on a proposal for a Bill to ensure free access to sanitary products, including in schools, colleges and universities.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Child justice system, Respect for the views of the child

Police Scotland want to canvas young people under the age of 18 years to identify what impact the implementation of the Code of Practice for Stop and Search has had on them.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Social security

The Scottish Childminding Association has launched a new Pledge site, entitled 'SOSChildminding: Save Our Services', in order to protect professional childminding in Scotland.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Social security

The Scottish Childminding Association has launched a new Pledge site, entitled 'SOSChildminding: Save Our Services', in order to protect professional childminding in Scotland.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Child trafficking

This consultation by the Scottish Government offers the opportunity to comment on the support that will be provided to victims of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour - the offence under section 4 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Health and health services, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new campaign run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will warn pregnant mothers of the risk of drinking during pregnancy and urge them to avoid drinking any alcohol at all while they are pregnant.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new UNICEF report has revealed the extent to which children and young people face abuse on migration routes, with up to three-quarters at risk of abuse, trafficking, or exploitation.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Parental guidance, Disabled children

'Contact a Family' will now be known as 'Contact for Families with Disabled Children' after they recently launched their new branding, including a new name and website, in order to develop a clearer and more accessible look.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Optional protocol on a communications procedure

Cyprus has become the latest country to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Several human rights organisations have raised significant concerns over the EU Withdrawal Bill's potential impact on human rights.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The UN's Special Rapporteur on human rights related to toxic waste has criticised the UK for neglecting to protect vulnerable groups, such as children, from the harmful impact of air pollution.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Bullying

A poll undertaken by YoungMinds and The Children's Society has found that more than 8 in 10 (83%) young people think social media companies should do more to tackle cyberbullying on their platforms.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Social security

The Scottish Childminding Association has launched a new Pledge site, entitled 'SOSChildminding: Save Our Services', in order to protect professional childminding in Scotland.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new UNICEF report has revealed the extent to which children and young people face abuse on migration routes, with up to three-quarters at risk of abuse, trafficking, or exploitation.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development

The UN's Special Rapporteur on human rights related to toxic waste has criticised the UK for neglecting to protect vulnerable groups, such as children, from the harmful impact of air pollution.

Date: 13th September 2017
Category: General measures of implementation

Children must be heard and their views sought on Brexit, representatives from Scotland's children's sector and the Children & Young People's Commissioner will tell parliamentarians at a special event at Westminster today (13 September).

Date: 5th September 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Doing Our Best is a programme developed by the Children's Parliament and delivered in Aberdeen City's four Attainment Challenge Primary Schools. This report looks at the impact of the programme using evidence from the views of children and classroom teachers.

Date: 5th September 2017
Category: Child justice system

The Scottish Sentencing Council announced in its Business Plan for 2015-18 that one of the first sentencing guidelines to be developed would focus on the sentencing of young people. This report sets out the main topics raised and discussed during stakeholder engagement.

Date: 5th September 2017
Category: Child trafficking

A new awareness campaign has revealed that human trafficking is closer than many people think. The Scottish Government have identified the locations where human trafficking takes place, to challenge perceptions that the crime is confined to Scotland's major towns and cities.

Date: 5th September 2017
Category: General measures of implementation

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has identified a number of implications and opportunities for equality and human rights protections in the context of Brexit.