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Date: 7th August 2014
Category:
Children of prisoners
Every year 27,000 children and young people have to cope with someone in their family being in prison: a new Enquire blog addresses this pressing children's rights issue.
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Date: 7th August 2014
Category:
General measures of implementation
The Commissioner's annual report for the 2013/14 financial year was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 6th August 2014, and discusses work done over the previous year.
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Date: 6th August 2014
Category:
Equal protection from violence
On 17th July 2014, the President of Bolivia signed into law a new Children and Adolescents Code for the country, which explicitly prohibits all corporal punishment of children, including in the home.
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Date: 5th August 2014
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
A survey has been launched to review inclusive play in Scotland and is calling for responses from children and young people.
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Date: 5th August 2014
Category:
Child rights impact assessments
The European Commission is revising its Impact Assessment guidelines and is seeking stakeholders' views on the draft revised guidelines, to continue its strengthening and improvement.
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Date: 1st August 2014
Category:
Best interests of the child, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Responses to the consultation on the national arrangements for child performance have now been published.
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Date: 31st July 2014
Category:
Awareness-raising
Together has released a statement responding to distorted press reports regarding its response to the Scottish Parliament's call for views on the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill.
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Date: 30th July 2014
Category:
Special protection measures
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that trafficked people in the UK now have the right to recover damages from their traffickers irrespective of their immigration status, after intervention from Anti-Slavery International.
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Date: 28th July 2014
Category:
Non-discrimination
Article 12 has released a report detailing the findings of Year 3 of their annual media audit, indicating an increase in negative and victimised reporting of Gypsy/Travellers.
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Date: 23rd July 2014
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Professor Iram Siraj is chairing an independent review of early learning and childcare and out of school care, and is seeking the views of individuals and organisations with an interest in this area.
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Date: 21st July 2014
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
The Scottish Government are consulting on technical changes with the aim to help practitioners use existing antisocial behaviour legislation and systems more effectively.
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Date: 16th July 2014
Category:
Child justice system, Special protection measures, General principles
Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) published new research on the experiences of children, young people and adults of the Children's Hearings System on 16th July 2014.
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Date: 15th July 2014
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
A survey has been launched to review inclusive play in Scotland, exploring the existing barriers to inclusive play, aspirations about inclusive play and ensuring inclusive play experiences.
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Date: 6th July 2014
Category:
Awareness-raising
Pupils at an Aberdeenshire school have released a charity single to raise awareness of children's rights across the world.
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Date: 2nd July 2014
Category:
Respect for the views of the child, Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
Together has responded to the Scottish Government's consultation on Scotland's electoral future, regarding the preparations for all future elections in Scotland.
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Date: 1st July 2014
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, Health and health services
This is a consultation on the second set of draft Regulations for the Act, of which the deadline is 18th August 2014.
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Date: 1st July 2014
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
To support Playday 2014, the Children's Play Policy Forum released a report presenting evidence to build the case for improving the play opportunities of children and young people.
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Date: 27th June 2014
Category:
Mental health
The Health and Sport Committee has launched a call for written evidence in order to inform its consideration of the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill.
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Date: 25th June 2014
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
The Scottish Government has released a Strategy which aims to create a Scotland where all individuals are equally safe and respected and where women and girls live free from abuse and attitudes that help perpetuate it.
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Date: 25th June 2014
Category:
Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
On the 25th June 2014, States met at the UN General Assembly in New York to elect nine people to serve on the 18-strong UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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