Date: 3rd April 2017
Category: Access to appropriate information, Care Experienced children

CRIN have released a new guide detailing the legal and practical tools available to get redress for violations of children's rights in care institutions care in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Bruce Adamson, currently legal officer at the Scottish Human Rights Commission, has been appointed as the next Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Non-discrimination

A group of young people from Glasgow's Shawlands Academy have recently been involved in a research project on young Muslim's engagement with politics. The report itself has generated a publication guide on best practice when involving young people in social research.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Mental health

Children are being failed as mental health targets are not met - one in five children and adolescents had to wait too long for treatment in 2016.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: General measures of implementation

The European Council have adopted new EU Guidelines for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. This 2017 version is a revision of the 2007 EU guidelines.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Mental health

Boys are 6 times less likely than girls to talk to ChildLine counsellors about suicidal thoughts. ChildLine's new 'Tough To Talk' campaign urges boys to speak out about their problems and reassures them they are not alone.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Rape Crisis Scotland has launched a new campaign set to challenge and change common misconceptions that there is a right or wrong way for people to react during or after a rape.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Child poverty

End Child Poverty research demonstrates that prices are estimated to rise by 35% between 2010 and 2020, but Child Benefit will have increased by just 2% over the same period - around a seventeenth of what would be needed to keep up with increases in the cost of living.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The Amnesty International assessment report for 2016/17 states that 2016 will go down in history as an 'annus horribilis' when it comes to human rights, describing 'toxic rhetoric', "a vacuum of leadership on a chaotic world stage", "a lack of political will" and "divisive fear mongering".

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Children of prisoners

Scotland has one of the highest rates of imprisonment for women in Northern Europe. The impact on children of parental imprisonment is profound - this briefing looks at working to reduce the female prison population in Scotland.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments

This series of discussion papers seeks to explore the relationship between children's rights, business and the Internet in greater detail than has previously been analysed.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Non-discrimination

A new report from Engender 'Sex and Power' sets out the extent of men's over-representation in positions of authority and influence in Scotland. Of the 3,029 positions of power and authority in Scotland identified in the report, 73% are filled by men.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Non-discrimination

The Government must act to embed equality into UK law after Brexit, according to a new report from the Women's and Equality Committee.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: General principles

This new briefing addresses how children and young people's participation in decision-making at the community level can be meaningfully supported by NGOs, using research findings from Tamil Nadu (in South India) and Scotland.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

New figures have found that more than a quarter of children were living in relative poverty after housing costs in 2015-2016.

Date: 7th March 2017
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A survey by Plan International UK supports the view that the impact of pornography should be a compulsory part of school curriculums.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: Care Experienced children, Child poverty

A study by seven British universities has revealed significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK, with children in the poorest areas 10 times more likely than those in the least deprived to become involved in the child protection system.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: Non-discrimination

A bill requiring the UK Government to ratify the Istanbul treaty passed with ease as Scots MP Eilidh Whiteford led the way with cross-party support.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Tens of thousands of children at 802 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are breathing toxic air that risks causing lifelong health problems.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments

The UK's National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), established under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), has published its 2015-16 Annual Report.