Date: 10th September 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child

To start the journey towards Scotland's Year of Young People in 2018 which will celebrate Scotland's children and young people locally, nationally and globally, preparations are taking place and are being led by young people.

Date: 10th September 2015
Category: Age of criminal responsibility, Children of prisoners

During Stage 2 considerations of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, the Justice Committee backed law change for children impacted by a parent in prison but rejected an amendment to raise the age of criminal responsibility from eight to 12.

Date: 1st September 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Awareness-raising

Jordan Linden is the recently elected Chair for the Scottish Youth Parliament. In this new blog post for Together, he outlines why and how children and young people can #TelltheUN through Twitter about their experiences of living and growing up in Scotland. In doing so, Ms. Amal Aldoseri, a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, can see exactly where children's rights are and are not being fulfilled in Scotland.

Date: 1st September 2015
Category:

Together is conducting research to inform the development of a potential new training programme on children's rights, especially relating to the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Date: 1st September 2015
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

This campaign looks into the state of playgrounds and areas for children to play and calls on parents and carers across the UK to share their views on the state of local play facilities, their concerns about where their children will play in future and the role of government in protecting children's right to play.

Date: 19th August 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Diego Quiroz (SHRC) outlines recent UN International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR) recommendations relating to children & next steps for advancement.

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Are you a child or young person living in Scotland? The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child wants to hear your views about your rights & growing up in Scotland.

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

A special Glow TV event will be taking place on 3rd September, as UN Committee member Amal Aldoseri visits Scotland to find out more about children's rights in Scotland. What do the children you teach think about life in Scotland?

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The 9th European Forum on the Rights of the Child took place in June 2015 and aimed to foster the exchange of good practices, to facilitate connections at inter-sectoral and inter-agency level (both nationally and transnationally), and to promote more effective cooperation and coordination in integrated child protection systems. A report of the Forum is now available.

Date: 12th August 2015
Category: Child justice system, Age of criminal responsibility

This consultation paper sets out specific proposals to reform the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to allow more people with previous criminal activity to be able to move away from their past offending behaviour and to reduce the length of time most people will have to disclose their previous criminal activity.

Date: 4th August 2015
Category: Equal protection from violence, Age of criminal responsibility

The UN Human Rights Committee has published its recommendations (Concluding Observations) to the UK on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which include equal protection from assault and raising the age of criminal responsibility.

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Non-discrimination, Awareness-raising

Findings from a research project seeking the views of minority ethnic children and young people have been published in a Children's Rights Report, which contains a number of recommendations including for more work to be done to raise awareness and understanding of the UNCRC and the Children's Commissioner.

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: General principles, General measures of implementation

Government analysis of responses to draft Statutory Guidance for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act refers to the need for a rights-based approach.

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Mental health, Health and health services

Findings that only 0.45% of NHS Scotland expenditure on mental health in 2013-14 was on child and adolescent health has raised concern & a call for rebalance.

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Scottish Youth Parliament has launched a consultation entitled 'Lead the Way' which seeks to gather the views of thousands of young people across Scotland to develop a 2016 - 2021 Youth Manifesto.

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Parental responsibilities, Parental guidance, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This consultation seeks views on a range of actions in relation to the development of a Strategy focused on pregnancy and parenthood amongst young people.

Date: 17th July 2015
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

A new blog article explores human rights protections in law in Scotland in the context of devolution, specifically focusing on Scotland's relationship with the Human Rights Act and the Sewel Convention.

Date: 16th July 2015
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The Joint Committee on Human Rights which examines matters relating to human rights within the UK has formally appointed members from the House of Lords and is awaiting members from the House of Commons.

Date: 7th July 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Article 12 in Scotland has submitted two non-government reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, outlining young people's views on the state of children's rights in Scotland.

Date: 7th July 2015
Category: General measures of implementation

From April 2016, the Commissioner will have the power to investigate potential rights violations of individual children and young people. SCCYP has discussed how this will work in practice.