Date: 14th January 2014
Category: General measures of implementation

The Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communication Procedure which expressly protects the right of children to redress violations of their rights will enter into force in April 2014.

Date: 14th January 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government is seeking views on 'Giving Children and Young People a Sporting Chance - A Draft Strategy for Scotland'.

Date: 13th January 2014
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Turkmenistan has become the latest country to ban corporal punishment of children in all settings, including the home.

Date: 7th January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government will extend free school meals to all P1-3 pupils in Scotland and extend free childcare provision to every two-year-old from a workless household.

Date: 6th January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government announced that care leavers are to be given greater rights to continuing their care placement into early adulthood from next year.

Date: 6th January 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Gathered Together is a unique partnership project between BEMIS and Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC), with the mission to promote inclusion and active citizenship for ethnic minority parents and carers, stimulating pro-active engagement in their children's education.

Date: 1st January 2014
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Not-for-profit organisations across Scotland can apply for funding from the newly launched Scotch Whisky Action Fund for projects which tackle alcohol-related harms across the theme of young people, families and communities.

Date: 20th December 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A draft National Youth Work Strategy was published by Education Scotland on 12th December 2013, encouraging partners in the youth work and Community Learning and Development sectors to work together to maximise the life chances of Scotland's young people.

Date: 20th December 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A consultation paper seeking comments on proposals to extend the rights of children with capacity under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (as amended) and proposals to repeal section 70 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 was launched by the Scottish Government on 20th December 2013.

Date: 15th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Eurochild has published an assessment of the third annual European Commission report on the application of the EU Fundamental Rights Charter.

Date: 10th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) sets out key commitments from government, civil society and the private sector, all aimed at improving human rights protection in Scotland.

Date: 10th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Human Rights Day is held on 10th December every year, the date the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaiming its principles as the "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations".

Date: 8th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Scottish Labour's Jenny Marra MSP lodged a consultation on a proposal for new anti-human trafficking legislation for Scotland on 9th September 2013 and the deadline for responses has been extended to 6th January 2014.

Date: 6th December 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

More than half (55 per cent) of children whose parents go to court in disputes over contact where there are also allegations of domestic abuse, did not want any contact with their non-resident parent. In most instances this meant they did not want contact with their father, according to research published today by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Date: 1st December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Issue 7 of the "Quarterly Bulletin on Business and Children" was published in December 2013, which aims to draw global attention to the many ways in which companies impact children's rights, both positively and negatively.

Date: 28th November 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

On 20th November Glasgow City Council signed a partnership with UNICEF UK to become a Child Rights Partner along with 5 other local authorities across the UK.

Date: 28th November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

South Sudan is on the way to becoming the next State to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), with the country's Parliament passing a bill to that effect in November 2013.

Date: 25th November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Together welcomes 3 new and 2 returning Trustees to the Board of Together, who were elected at Together's AGM on 23rd September 2013.

Date: 23rd November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

On 20th November each year, Governments and organisations around the world come together to observe Universal Children's Day, marking the day on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and later the UNCRC in 1989.

Date: 22nd November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The UK is due to submit its next (fifth) periodic report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in early in 2014, and Together responded to the call for views on the draft report.