Date: 29th March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

The Commissioner has launched his Strategic Plan for the next four years. The Plan lays out the office's Strategic Aims for the 2016-20 period, as well as the key themes the office will work on.

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Play Scotland are asking organisations to recognise the importance of play in children's lives and to support Playday, the national day for play in the UK and Play on the Longest Day, which is held in Scotland to promote Playday within school settings as national Playday falls out with school term.

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Recently, the UK Chancellor set the 2016 Budget. Children in Scotland has produced a summary and analysis of the measures that are significant for the children's sector in Scotland.

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Age of criminal responsibility

This report examines how childhood criminal records (those acquired before a person is 18 years old) are treated in 16 jurisdictions.

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Best interests of the child, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The UN Human Rights Council recently adopted a resolution on children's rights in relation to information technology.

Date: 16th March 2016
Category: UK 5th periodic review

As part of the current UK periodic review by the UN on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the UK Government has responded to a List of Issues. This is a list of questions that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child asks of UK governments in order to receive additional information to inform their review of the UK before an examination takes place later this year.

Date: 16th March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

The European Commission has published its annual analysis of the economic and social challenges in the EU Member States; the so-called Country Reports. The reports are a tool to monitor policy reforms and to point to challenges that Member States should address.

Date: 14th March 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child

On 12th March 2016, the Scottish Youth Parliament Launched Lead the Way at their 59th National Sitting in Galashiels. The Manifesto has received 72,744 consultation responses from young people all over Scotland, and provides the Scottish Youth Parliament with an incredible mandate to represent the views of young people.

Date: 9th March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

A charity that gives legal help to children and young people in Scotland has intervened in the ongoing judicial review proceedings at the Supreme Court regarding Named Person provisions of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. The intervention called for the Supreme Court to redress the balance between the sharing of information and a child's right to privacy.

Date: 7th March 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The annual day of discussion on the rights of the child at the UN on 8th March 2016 focused on information and communications technology (ICTs) and child sexual exploitation, with States attempting to understand and deepen cooperation on the issue.

Date: 3rd March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

On 3rd March 2016 the Jimmy Reid Foundation published a new policy paper on why Scotland must do better to respect, protect and fulfil human rights across devolved functions. The paper, written by Carole Ewart, recognises that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has not been incorporated into Scots Law despite a recommendation to do so by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Social security

The Scottish Government has issued a discussion paper for comments on plans for a £1 million programme of trials on flexible models of early learning and childcare.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Access to appropriate information

CRIN has shared its latest research report, Rights, Remedies and Representation: A global report on access to justice for children. The report is the result of a research project scrutinising how the legal systems of 197 countries empower children to realise their rights or perpetuate the rights violations that they should combat.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child

CYPCS's new 'Manifesto Maze' was launched last week which outlines some of the barriers children and young people come up against when trying to exercise their rights.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category:

In advance of the Scottish Parliament elections in May, the Read On. Get On. Coalition is calling for all political parties to make a manifesto commitment to ensure every child is reading well by the end of primary school, and to make this happen by 2025.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Care Experienced children

The Manifesto, which Together have supported, was launched on #CareDay (February 19th) and outlines the ambition by Who Cares? Scotland to create the most caring nation in the world.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Non-discrimination, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Last week, Stonewall Scotland released their Manifesto aiming to put LGBT equality at the heart of a changing Scotland.

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

The new Strategy (adopted on 2nd March 2016) guides the 47 member States of the Council of Europe to address the serious challenges facing children's rights, such as the refugee crisis, poverty and social exclusion, violence against children, discrimination and access to justice.

Date: 1st March 2016
Category: Awareness-raising

Scottish Government are looking to capture feedback on the human rights awareness campaign 'Fly the Flag for human rights' launched in November 2015 through a short stakeholder survey.

Date: 1st March 2016
Category: Parental guidance, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Deadline: 9th March 2016