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Date: 29th January 2013
Category:
General measures of implementation
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is carrying out a Scotland-wide mapping exercise to help the third sector deal with the impact of UK welfare reforms.
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Date: 22nd January 2013
Category:
UK 1st periodic review
An assessment of how well the Government is protecting children's rights in England, published by the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), reveals a catalogue of violations.
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Date: 21st January 2013
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's sixth study of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland highlights a huge rise in unemployment for under-25s, and stark and growing health inequalities.
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Date: 17th January 2013
Category:
General measures of implementation
Beth Smith, Director of WithScotland, is chairing a steering group to update and review the Scottish Government's 'National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland'.
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Date: 9th January 2013
Category:
General measures of implementation
Launched in partnership with UNICEF, Guardian Sustainable Business' focus on the rights of children and business' responsibilities towards them coincided with the launch of a set of ten guiding principles on child rights and business in March 2012.
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Date: 7th January 2013
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms
The Children Rights International Network (CRIN) has launched a new collaborative project which seeks to establish "the legal status of the child" in national law in every country in the world, and has taken this opportunity to update their Legal Assistance Toolkit.
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Date: 3rd January 2013
Category:
General measures of implementation
The European Forum on the Rights of the child took place in Brussels on 13th-14th November 2012. Its aim was to support the child protection systems through the implementation of the EU Agenda for the rights of the child.
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Date: 1st January 2013
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Big Fund have released further details of the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund on their website.
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Date: 1st January 2013
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The annual work programme 2013 for Fundamental Rights and Citizenship was adopted in December, and is now available online.
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Date: 20th December 2012
Category:
UK 1st periodic review
On 18th December 2012, States met in New York to elect nine members to serve on the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The successful candidates will replace those whose term will expire on 28 February 2013.
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Date: 20th December 2012
Category:
UK 1st periodic review
The end of February will mark the one year anniversary of the signing ceremony of the third Optional Protocol to the CRC establishing a complaints mechanism for children or their representatives - yet we are still seven ratifications away from its entry into force.
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Date: 15th December 2012
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Population Europe, a network of Europe's leading demographic research centres has published an article entitled: Our children - who cares, who pays? Exploring the link between childcare needs, mothers' participation in the labour market and childcare policies.
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Date: 14th December 2012
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Previously known as the Community Chest programme, this popular small community grant programme has been extended to the end of March 2013.
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Date: 13th December 2012
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Big Fund (the non-lottery arm of the Big Lottery Fund) are administering the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government.
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Date: 11th December 2012
Category:
Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children
The Joint Committee on Human Rights launched an inquiry into the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people in the UK, with a particular focus on those who are seeking asylum or have been the victims of trafficking.
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Date: 10th December 2012
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The Europe for Citizens Programme supports a wide range of activities which promote European citizenship, particularly the involvement of citizens and civil society organisations in the process of European integration.
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Date: 5th December 2012
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The number of young people seeking help about self-harm has soared by more than two thirds (68%) in the last year, according to the ChildLine annual report, 'Saying the Unsayable.'
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Date: 5th December 2012
Category:
General measures of implementation
On 3rd December, around one thousand people took part in the largest global discussion to date on how governments and businesses are moving to address the impacts of business activities on human rights.
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Date: 4th December 2012
Category:
Respect for the views of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The analysis of responses to the Children and Young People Bill consultation has now been published on the Scottish Government website.
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Date: 4th December 2012
Category:
Equal protection from violence
Female victims of domestic violence in the UK are frequently put in unsafe and intimidating positions during family court proceedings, according to a new report by legal rights charity, Rights of Women.
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