An update on what’s happening with the Human Rights Act

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The UK Government has announced a new Bill that seeks to remove rights and roll back many provisions within the Human Rights Act. Amongst our members and wider civil society, we have expressed serious concerns over the impact of this #RightsRemovalBill. We continue to identify the necessity of the Human Rights Act with the UK Government.

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Read our response to the Children’s Care and Justice Bill consultation

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

We recently submitted our response to Scottish Government’s consultation on the potential legislative reforms to promote and advance the rights of children in the care and justice systems, and people who have been harmed.

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Read our answer to the Public Participation consultation

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

For our 2022 State of Children’s Rights report, many of you kindly shared with us the challenges you face when working with decision-makers such as Scottish Parliament. We used what you told us, alongside the recommendations made by Rights Right Now! to respond to a consultation launched by Scottish Parliament. We hope our answers will help to ensure Scottish Parliament’s work involves, reflects and meets the needs of the full range of communities it represents.

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Exploring mitigation, adaptation, and financial actions to address climate change

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Children’s Parliament has a wealth of experience working with children to participate in climate change action. Drawing from this, it recently helped to inform the UN Special Rapporteur on climate change actions to address the world’s climate emergency. Children’s Parliament also identified human rights issues associated with the climate change emergency.

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Solitary confinement, torture and children: minimum standards

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Special protection measures

Certain detention practices, for example in Scottish prisons, may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT). This briefing sets out the minimum threshold for a finding of torture or CIDT in detention, in breach of children’s rights.

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New report on Scotland’s progress keeping The Promise

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Care Experienced children

The Promise Scotland Oversight Board is responsible for monitoring the progress towards keeping The Promise. The Promise aims to ensure the most vulnerable children feel loved, respected, listened to and heard in decisions that affect them. Reporting annually until 2030, the Board conclude that although progress is being made, the delivery bodies responsible for Keeping the Promise need to increase the pace and scale of change.

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Delivering for families? A response to Best Start, Bright Futures the Scottish Government’s second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Child poverty

After speaking to 49 parents, JRF and Save the Children have made 50 recommendations on how Scottish Government can address the gaps in its second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. These recommendations aim to ensure action does not fall short of ambition to tackle child poverty.

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Charities urge the UK Government to keep children safe in the digital world

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Protection of privacy

Thirty-seven organisations write to Secretary of State Nadine Dorries, urging the UK Government to adopt their amendments to the Online Safety Bill. In doing so, this will work to uphold the rights of children online.

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New report on the fundamental rights protection now live

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

This new report reviews the fundamental rights that were fulfilled or left unfulfilled across the EU in 2021. It looks at areas such as equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; child rights and access to justice.

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The independent strategic review of funding and commissioning of violence against women and girls services: call for evidence

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Closing date: 15 th August 2022 (extended)

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