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Date: 21st August 2019
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Respect for the views of the child, Civil Rights and Freedoms
The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland is looking for young people aged between 15 and 17 to take part in the 2019's Human Rights Gathering.
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Date: 21st August 2019
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Respect for the views of the child
The Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd, has written an open thank you letter to children and young people in Scotland.
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Date: 15th August 2019
Category:
Incorporation
Together’s response welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UNCRC by 2021 and sets out what’s needed to ensure a ‘gold standard’ model of incorporation is put in place.
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Date: 15th August 2019
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We’d like to say a huge “thank you” to Katie and Lovisa who were our interns over the summer.
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Date: 14th August 2019
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Vaska joins us having just completed her Masters’ Degree in Childhood studies at the University of Edinburgh.
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Date: 14th August 2019
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Together joined over 70 charities, academics and UN Special Rapporteur, Hilal Elver, in a joint letter calling for the right to food to be enshrined in Scots law before the end of this parliamentary term.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
Incorporation, General measures of implementation
The response highlights that incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law is the most important thing that Scotland can do for children and young people’s human rights.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
General measures of implementation, Incorporation
YouthLink Scotland has published a report following its recent consultation event at Edinburgh Zoo on incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Respect for the views of the child
Scottish Government has launched a survey looking for feedback around communications, recruitment of participants, format of feedback for children and young people, and how to improve the progress report.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Access to appropriate information
The Hub is intended to be a one stop shop for all youth justice information in Scotland. Members can view and upload resources, promote events, ask questions and share best practice.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Respect for the views of the child
A recent blog gives the new Prime Minister a few suggestions on how to ensure children and young people’s rights are protected and promoted.
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Date: 14th August 2019
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Equal protection from violence
The Bill, which seeks to end the physical punishment of children in Wales, has attracted the support of police, social workers, teachers and organisations. However, some parents and church groups have opposed it.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
General measures of implementation
The Welsh Assembly’s Young People and Education Committee is consulting on the impact of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011.
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Date: 14th August 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published a report on serious youth violence in England and Wales, examining the extent to which the current UK Government’s response matches the scale of the problem.
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Date: 14th August 2019
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Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Social security, Family Environment and Alternative Care
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report measuring the stability of the lives of children and young people in care in England over 2017-18.
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Date: 14th August 2019
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A new child-friendly version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has been published by UNICEF and Child Rights Connect.
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Date: 14th August 2019
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Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Child Rights Connect (CRC) has published a series of case studies on NGOs’ and National Human Rights Institutions’ activities engaging with specific recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Date: 30th July 2019
Category:
Incorporation
The webinar focused on Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law, and what is needed to ensure this commitment is fully realised in practice.
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Date: 30th July 2019
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Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The meeting on 1-2 July 2019 gathered NGOs from across the world to discuss mechanisms to strengthen UN Treaty Bodies, ahead of the 2020 review process.
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Date: 30th July 2019
Category:
Incorporation
The reports summarise the speaker presentations and table discussions.
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