Date: 12th December 2014
Category:

'Conduct of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education in Schools' guidance was published in December 2014 and refers explicitly to the UNCRC.

Date: 12th December 2014
Category: Non-discrimination, Awareness-raising

On 12th December 2014 the Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on promoting young's people's access to rights, in order to foster their autonomy and participation in civil society.

Date: 11th December 2014
Category: General measures of implementation

Announced in December 2014, this is a major step to mainstream children's rights more effectively across European Union's policies and legislation.

Date: 10th December 2014
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

As Scotland celebrated Human Rights Day and the one year anniversary of Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights on 10th December 2014, the current framework of economic and social rights in Scotland was debated and a Holyrood article has pulled some key discussion points together.

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

10th December is Human Rights Day, commemorating the date on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: Awareness-raising, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

As part of Scotland's National Action Plan (SNAP) monitoring and accountability framework, the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee led a debate in the Chamber on 4th December on the SNAP Year One Report.

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: Disabled children

Contact a Family are calling for urgent action to address the shocking findings of their Counting the Costs 2014 survey, including disabled children and their families being forced to go without food and heating because of rising bills and benefit cuts.

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: General Comments

Together has received an update on the forthcoming General Comment to the UNCRC on 'Public Spending to Realize Children's Rights' from Professor Jorge Cardona Llorens, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) has produced two new briefings on the connection between austerity measures and violations of children's rights and on exploring the issues of fracking from a children's rights perspective.

Date: 28th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

The Eurochild Annual Conference 'Children First: Better Public Spending for Better Outcomes for Children & Families' took place in Bucharest on 26th-28th November 2014 and presentations and initial conclusions have now been published.

Date: 25th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

The Commissioner's office has been involved in a major participative project to communicate the impacts of austerity policies, which formed part of an international conference last month.

Date: 25th November 2014
Category: Social security

The Commission for Childcare Reform is seeking views on what childcare is really like in Scotland and has released a survey to help inform its work.

Date: 24th November 2014
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, General measures of implementation

Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) was launched on Human Rights Day 2013, and a report setting out the progress made in its first year has been published.

Date: 20th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People coordinated celebrations of the UNCRC on its 25th anniversary - 20th November 2014, helping to raise awareness and understanding of children's rights.

Date: 18th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

A new article on Together's blog reflects on the 25th anniversary of the UNCRC and that it is time for all of us to recognise the rights of all children, all the time.

Date: 17th November 2014
Category:

On 17th November 2014, organisations including Save the Children, Scottish Book Trust and Scottish Business in the Community launched a national mission to get every child reading well by age 11.

Date: 15th November 2014
Category: Children of prisoners

An unfair sentence. All Babies Count: Spotlight on the criminal justice system is a new report launched by Barnardo's and NSPCC on the developmental importance of pregnancy and infancy.

Date: 12th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

Each year, 10th December marks International Human Rights Day - a day of action to celebrate and raise awareness of international human rights. This year, it will also be the first anniversary of Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP).

Date: 12th November 2014
Category: Equal protection from violence

So far in 2014, five more States have enacted a full prohibition on all forms of corporal punishment of children. These are Malta, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde and, most recently, Argentina.

Date: 10th November 2014
Category:

An apprenticeship scheme to employ 20 young people aged between 16 and 24 has been launched by the Scottish Parliament.