UN declares healthy environment is a human right

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

On 28 th July, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution that says everyone on the planet has a right to a healthy environment. The General Assembly recognised climate change and environmental degradation as some of the most pressing threats to humanity’s future.

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Data Strategy for health and social care

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Closing Date: 12 th August 2022

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Improving victims’ experience of the justice system

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Special protection measures

Closing date: 19 th August 2022

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Repealing the Human Rights Act

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

Closing date: 26 th August 2022

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Physical intervention in schools guidance

Date: 1st August 2022
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Closing date: 25 th October 2022

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Support for Local Authorities to work on Children’s Human Rights from the Improvement Service

Date: 26th July 2022
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Incorporation, Training

The UNCRC Implementation project has been set up to support local authorities to prepare for the incorporation of the UNCRC.

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Theory of Change for Making Children’s Rights Real in Scotland

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

Since the Scottish Parliament made the landmark decision to bring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law, many people and organisations in Scotland have been thinking about how to prepare for this. This work brought together children and adult experts on children’s rights to discover how children’s rights can be realised across Scotland. It identifies gaps in current knowledge and some of the challenges that may occur when embedding children’s rights.

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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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