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Date: 11th March 2020
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Closing date: 17th March 2020
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Date: 11th March 2020
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Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Closing date: 30th April 2020
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Date: 11th March 2020
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Child justice system
Closing date: 21st August 2020
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Date: 26th February 2020
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Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child
The Day of General Discussion (DGD) will take place on 18 September in Geneva and its main theme will be Children in Alternative Care. Children and young people are invited to join the Child and Young People’s Advisory Teams that will be involved in key decision making about the DGD.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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A rare opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented person to join the Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) team.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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If you are keen to find out more about the current state of children’s rights in Scotland and the new collaborative aiming to drive children’s rights implementation, join our event on the 28th February at the University of Edinburgh!
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Family Environment and Alternative Care
On Wednesday 5 February, the Independent Care Review launched its final conclusions, producing a series of publications that mark the culmination of nearly three years of listening to people across Scotland who have personal and professional experience of the ‘care system’.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Child justice system
The report ‘Rights Respecting? Scotland’s approach to children in conflict with the law’, written by CYCJ’s director - Dr Claire Lightowler, outlines the changes that the youth justice system must make if Scotland is to uphold its commitment to the UNCRC.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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General principles, Respect for the views of the child
The report covers the main areas of progress on the 18 actions agreed during the third annual meeting of Cabinet members and children and young people on 5th March 2019.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Child rights impact assessments, General measures of implementation, Policies & procedures
This guidance provides local authorities and health boards, working in partnership with other public bodies and organisations, with information and advice about how they should exercise the functions conferred by Part 3 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty, Social security
The analysis, by Dr Eve Hepburn, suggests that Brexit is likely to have both general socioeconomic and legal impacts, as well as specific impacts, for equalities groups. These impacts will differ depending on the type of Brexit that occurs.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Non-discrimination, Policies & procedures
In its second annual report, published on 22nd January 2020, NACWG has called for the creation of a “Scottish Approach to Gender Coherence” across all spheres of government, public services and business to ensure Scotland is driving societal change.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Equal protection from violence
This report sets out proposals from the Expert Group on Preventing Sexual Offending Involving Children and Young People to improve prevention and early intervention in response to harmful sexual behaviour (HSB).
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Family Environment and Alternative Care, Parental guidance
#WithAHandFromParentline campaign aims to raise awareness that Children 1st’s national Parentline service offers free, confidential support for Scotland’s parents and carers, 365 days a year.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Equal protection from violence, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Parental responsibilities, Protection from abuse or neglect
On 28 January 2020, Members of the National Assembly for Wales voted 36 to 14 to approve the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Family Environment and Alternative Care, Family reunification, Care Experienced children, Protection from abuse or neglect
The 2019 Resolution on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 2019. The Resolution focuses specifically on children without parental care.
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Closing date: 4th March 2020
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Date: 12th February 2020
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Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Parental responsibilities
Closing date: 30th April 2020
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Date: 5th February 2020
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The roundtable on 3rd February brought together 17 members of the Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe, alongside representatives of the Scottish Youth Parliament and Young Scot, to discuss the important issues for children and young people following Brexit.
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Date: 10th December 2019
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The conference, held on 3th December in Belfast, brought together almost 70 delegates from across Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Jersey and other parts of Europe to explore developments taking place in each country to embed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into law and policy.
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