Date: 7th July 2015
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Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People recently commented on the Education (Scotland) Bill which is currently making its way through the Scottish Parliament.

Date: 7th July 2015
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Since 2005, Growing Up in Scotland have been following 'Birth Cohort 1' for 10 years. Almost 50,000 interviews have taken place and 28 research reports have been published using Growing Up in Scotland data.

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

The UK Alliance asks UK governments to give a voice to disadvantaged children and families and to hold the UK Government to account on the objectives of the 2013 European Commission recommendation 'Investing in Children - Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage'.

Date: 7th July 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child

In 2015, Children's Parliament held its first annual National Sitting, bringing together 75 Members of Children's Parliament (MCPs), 12 Youth Ambassadors and 75 professionals from Scottish Government, local authorities, NHS, Police Scotland and other public bodies, schools and universities and third sector organisations.

Date: 7th July 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Parental guidance

The Scottish Law Centre has recently published 'Helping Hands', a resource for children and young people to express their views with regards to contact, and 'Pre to 3', a guide for young mothers on their legal rights.

Date: 7th July 2015
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

Professor Alan Miller, Chair of SHRC, has written a blog about Scottish Government UNCRC obligations, in the context of recent children's rights reporting to the UN.

Date: 1st July 2015
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

This report examines implementation of the UNCRC since the last UN review in 2008 and includes recommendations for further action to promote child rights.

Date: 23rd June 2015
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A national delivery model has been developed to capture the key principles underpinning the Activity Agreement approach to engaging with young people furthest from the labour market.

Date: 23rd June 2015
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Mental health, Child justice system

According to Action for Children's new research, providing intensive family support has greatly reduced cases of children offending or displaying anti-social behaviour.

Date: 23rd June 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Civil Rights and Freedoms

In the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People has been given new powers to investigate complaints from individual children and young people. These new powers are likely to come into force in April 2016.

Date: 22nd June 2015
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Non-discrimination, Awareness-raising

LGBT Youth Scotland has recently launched a new report on Life in Scotland for LGBT Young People: Safety. The report is based on a survey with LGBT young people, ages 13-25 across Scotland and focuses on their awareness of rights under hate crime legislation, confidence in the police and criminal justice system, and their feelings of safety in the community.

Date: 19th June 2015
Category: Children in situations of exploitation, Right to life, survival and development, Protection from abuse or neglect, Domestic abuse

A consultation on proposals including to create specific offences concerning domestic abuse & introduce statutory jury directions in sexual offence cases.

Date: 17th June 2015
Category: Child justice system

Scotland's new strategy to prevent children from offending was announced by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson MSP on 17th June 2015.

Date: 15th June 2015
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

Duties on Scottish Ministers around the rights of children and young people came into force on Monday 15 June 2015.

Date: 10th June 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Best interests of the child, Recreation, play and cultural activities

The rights of talented young footballers aren't always considered when they sign with a professional club, according to a new report from Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Date: 10th June 2015
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Discussing political issues in the classroom plays a crucial role in getting young people to participate in the democratic process, a study by the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh suggests.

Date: 3rd June 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Non-discrimination

During March 2014-March 2015, PAS has been working on a Gypsy/Travellers planning awareness project funded by the Equality, Human Rights and Third Sector Division of the Scottish Government.

Date: 3rd June 2015
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Technologies 3-18 Curriculum Impact report contributes to the overall picture of what it is like to be a learner in Scotland in the second decade of the 21st century and evaluates the quality of young people's learning and achievements in the technologies.

Date: 3rd June 2015
Category: Adoption

The Adoption Register Regulations will set out the key requirements for supplying, retaining and disclosing information to and from the Register. In order to allow the regulations to be drafted, Scottish Government would welcome comments on certain matters.

Date: 29th May 2015
Category: Equal protection from violence

Ireland, Slovenia, Belgium & the Czech Republic are failing to protect children from violence because their laws do not ban all corporal punishment of children.