Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Social security

The Scottish Social Housing Charter was introduced by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010. Following this consultation, Scottish Government will develop an updated version of the Charter and ask the Scottish Parliament to consider the changes and approve a new Charter from 1st April 2017.

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Scottish Government released their independent review of the Scottish Planning system this week. In it, recommendation 48 is to introduce a statutory duty to consult children and young people in the preparation of Local Development Plans and explicitly mentions article 12.

Date: 10th June 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released the Concluding Observations for the UK on Thursday 9th June 2016.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Equal protection from violence

The Scottish Government is being urged to amend the law to ensure that it is never acceptable to beat a child.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scottish Government have published a draft CRWIA in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act Part 1 draft guidance.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category:

Children at four Aberdeen schools are Imagining Aberdeen as a place where all children are healthy, happy, safe and doing their best at school. The Imagining Aberdeen blog was updated every day during Mural Week with pictures and ideas from the participating children.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Non-discrimination

Scotland's Chief Statistician has released figures for local areas and equality groups analysed over a three year period.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Restraint, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

This paper offers support for Named Persons and other professionals when making decisions about Risk Management with young people involved in offending behaviour.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category:

Scotland is the worst in the UK for poorest children going straight to university, new research from the Sutton Trust has revealed.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Armed conflict

The armed forces should stop recruiting children under the age of 18, according to an open letter to the Ministry of Defence from national children's organisations and rights groups, including Together.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Parental responsibilities

What does father-proofing mean in practice? As part of Year of the Dad, two major new papers have been presented showing exactly how organisations often unconsciously exclude dads - and the huge growth in those who have turned 'father-friendly'.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Together has joined with the British Institute for Human Rights, Liberty, Amnesty International and many other prominent human rights organisations to publicly commit to oppose any attempt to repeal the Human Rights Act (HRA).

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Children affected by substance misuse

Together have recently supported this joint campaign to protect children from exposure to alcohol marketing.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Awareness-raising

Children's Parliament are currently running several different projects in several communities across Scotland. To keep track of so much activity, they have taken to the blogosphere.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Right to life, survival and development

Nourish Scotland is participating in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) review of the UK's performance of rights. Responding to the Committee's List of Issues, this report reviews the obligations of the UK Government, and the Scottish Government where the matter concerned is devolved, under Article 11 of ICESCR, specifically in relation to the right to food.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Parental guidance, Family Environment and Alternative Care

GUS updates include 1) The Scottish Government has commissioned ScotCen Social Research to carry out further rounds of face to face data collection with both groups of families taking part in GUS and 2) Recent reports which draw on GUS research findings.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

The 'Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Action Plan' sets out a vision of Scotland as 'a nation which values play as a life-enhancing daily experience for all our children and young people'.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

The Scottish Government has published its report on the implementation of the ICESCR.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Family reunification

UNICEF UK have recently launched a campaign to reunite unaccompanied children with family members living in the UK. The campaign asks UK Government to take urgent twofold action.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

This briefing paper arises out of concern surrounding the refugee crisis, and looks more specifically at what can be done in Scotland to better support unaccompanied children who arrive in Scotland as asylum seekers or refugees.