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Date: 7th April 2022
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Scottish Government has strongly disagreed with the UK Government's proposal to replace the Human Rights Act with a "modern Bill of Rights". It said the Act is “one of the most important and successful pieces of legislation ever passed by the UK Parliament.” The argument echoes similar themes to Together’s response, which stated that the Human Rights Act plays a critically important role in protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the whole of the United Kingdom.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Care Experienced children
Care Experienced children and young people are encouraged to take part in a new Digital Wellbeing survey. The survey focuses on digital rights, safety online and maintaining relationships. Those who are members of Young Scot will get Young Scot points for completing it too!
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Health and health services
Care Experienced young people are invited to design and create new guidance and resources for professionals and carers to better support Care Experienced people navigate their relationships and sexual health.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Equal protection from violence
The legislation that has come into force removes the defence of “reasonable punishment” and makes all forms of physical punishment against children, such as smacking, hitting, slapping and shaking illegal. The law will apply to everybody in Wales, including visitors.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Child poverty
This new report captures the experiences of pupils and parents in schools across Britain, including insights from focus groups with over 1600 children and young people in Scotland. Lower income families share difficulties making the most of school life and taking part in special activities and events due to cost. The report includes ideas and suggestions from pupils and families about how events can be made more inclusive and examples of good practice from schools.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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General measures of implementation
A new incorporation law has been approved by the States Assembly of Jersey. This means that in every aspect of decision-making, policy and practice, Members of the States Assembly of Jersey will have to pay due regard to children's rights.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Civil Rights and Freedoms
The ‘Prevent Strategy’ is the part of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy aimed at preventing individuals “becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.” However, civil society expresses deep concerns and widespread criticism of the strategy as it targets children disproportionately, interfering with their right to privacy and to freedom of expression, religion and assembly.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Young carers
The ‘Together: A Whole Family Approach for Young Carers’ project has developed tools and interventions to support the social inclusion and engagement of young carers in Germany, Italy, Greece and Scotland. The project aimed to develop these resources to support young carers and help professionals to adopt a whole family approach, encouraging open communication about illness and care in order to improve relationships within the family.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Children and young people continue to be at the forefront of environmental activism. Despite climate change impacting children’s rights significantly, children continue to be excluded from decision-making processes and laws do not always protect their rights. CRIN has conducted research on 43 countries looking at how laws protect or fail children’s environmental rights, their right to protest and how children have access to courts to seek environmental justice.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Child rights indicators
Launching in four countries – France, Ireland, Portugal and Romania - this project uses data collection, monitoring and child rights based indicators to identify the proportion of children placed in residential care compared to those placed in formal family-based care. This work aims to monitor the extent to which children in alternative care receive high quality, inclusive, family and community-based care.
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Closing date: 22nd June 2022
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Date: 7th April 2022
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UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments
Closing date: 30th June 2022
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Date: 7th April 2022
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Mental health
If you work for a third sector organisation that works with parents or carers of infants and young children, then you may want to enhance your skills promoting infant mental health and development.
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children
Children’s rights organisations strongly urged MSPs to withhold consent for the Nationality and Borders Bill, as the Welsh Senedd has done already on the basis that it is not compliant with UNCRC.
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children
Scottish Parliament voted against the UK Government’s Nationality & Borders Bill. Agreeing that elements of the Bill impact laws that are under the control of the Scottish Parliament.
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Highland Children & Young People’s Forum has renamed itself to Inspiring Young Voices!
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Awareness-raising
The group of nine young people from Cardinal Newman, St Ambrose, Willowbank and Clyde Valley High schools developed, created and appeared in the multi-media 'Make it Right' campaign.
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Care Experienced children
Children and young people aged 16 to 25, with experience of child protection or the justice system are invited to assist in the development of the guidelines for Scotland's Bairns Hoose.
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Care Experienced children
From the month after their 18th birthday, young people leaving care in Wales will be offered £1600 per month for two years.
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Date: 14th March 2022
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Awareness-raising
UN’s Secretary-General has tasked a core group of UN entities with developing his Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming for UN entities.
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