New CEDAW General Recommendation on trafficking of women and girls in the context of global migration

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Child trafficking, UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Governments have a duty to combat all forms of trafficking under Article 6 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This new General Recommendation by the CEDAW Committee contextualises this obligation within the framework of global migration.

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Supporting Families and Children Beyond COVID-19: social protection in high income countries

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: COVID-19, Child poverty

A new UNICEF report explores how the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to affect children; the initial government responses to the crisis; and how future public policies could be optimised to better support children.

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#CovidUnder19 Global Survey results out now

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: COVID-19, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

In May 2020, the Centre for Children’s Rights from Queen’s University Belfast launched a survey for those aged eight to 17 to understand their “Life under Coronavirus”. Eight thematic briefings have been released to examine its findings.

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New report - ‘Realising Rights, Changing Lives’

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The report identifies good practice conducted by United Nations entities for effective reporting cycles. It shares ‘success’ factors which influence whether engagement with these reporting cycles have measurable improvements in the global enjoyment of children’s rights.

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Covid-19 threatens progress to eradicate child labour

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Children in situations of exploitation, COVID-19

2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour but the COVID-19 pandemic threatens two decades worth of progress and places millions of children at risk. In a recent article, anti-child labour organisations and advocates discuss what it will take to tackle child labour effectively.

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Call for children’s views on their rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: COVID-19

Closing date: 31 st January 2021

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Children and young people’s views on human rights incorporation needed!

Date: 11th January 2021
Category: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Policies & procedures, Incorporation

The Scottish Government wants to write a new human rights law for Scotland, and has created a National Taskforce to support its work. The Taskforce wants to know what children and young people think about this!

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Together submits report to UN Committee

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The report highlights 30 key issues for children in Scotland and will inform the initial stages of the UK’s next review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Launch of Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe’s report

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Funding, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Panel launched its new report - ‘Young Brexit Voices: It’s Our Future Too’ – on 9 th December 2020. It looks at what impact leaving the EU might have on children and young people and sets out their recommendations for what needs to happen next.

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New report on child rights-based budgeting

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Incorporation, Budgeting

Together was joined over summer 2020 by Sara Helgesson, an LLM Human Rights candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Sara spent three months completing a research placement on child rights-based budgeting. Today, we are delighted to publish her dissertation which presents her findings.

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