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Date: 11th February 2019
Category:
Awareness-raising, Child rights impact assessments, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting
Scottish Government has published an Action Plan and Report for Children’s Rights entitled ‘Progressing Human Rights for Children in Scotland’.
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Date: 4th February 2019
Category:
UN Convention Against Torture (CAT), Protection from abuse or neglect, Equal protection from violence, Restraint, Domestic abuse
Together will be submitting a shadow report as part of the UN Committee against Torture 2019 Review of the UK. We want to hear from our members about their key concerns so these can be reflected in the report.
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Date: 31st January 2019
Category:
Best interests of the child, Age of criminal responsibility
The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill is at Stage 2 in the Scottish Parliament. As currently drafted, the Bill raises the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 8 (the lowest in Europe) to 12. Over recent weeks there have been mounting calls for the age to be increased to 14 years, in line with Council of Europe and soon-to-be United Nations minimum standards.
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Date: 29th January 2019
Category:
Equal protection from violence, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Mental health
Together has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee consultation on the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill.
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Date: 29th January 2019
Category:
Access to appropriate information, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Best interests of the child
Cartoon animation helps explain what rights a child has when facing a Children’s Hearing.
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Date: 29th January 2019
Category:
General principles, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Did you ever wonder when children's rights were first established or how they came into existence? This article gives a historical overview of the genesis of Children’s Rights.
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Date: 18th December 2018
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, General measures of implementation
Together took part in the Scottish Parliament’s Human Rights Day Takeover, a one-day conference to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Throughout the day, there was a strong focus on the rights of children and young people and the role children and young people play in defending human rights across Scotland and internationally.
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Date: 18th December 2018
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
The UN General Assembly has announced it has selected ‘children without parental care’ as the theme for the 2019 ‘Rights of the Child’ resolution. Together welcomes this announcement, having been part of the global coalition of NGOs who called for UN Member States to adopt this resolution.
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Date: 18th December 2018
Category:
Restraint, School exclusions
Following an investigation into ‘Restraint and Seclusion in Scotland's Schools’, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland’s new report considers the existence and impact of local authority policies and recording mechanisms and highlights the rights issues at stake for children and young people.
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Date: 18th December 2018
Category:
Incorporation
As part of their A-Z #CPYearinReview, Children’s Parliament has published an article capturing children’s views on and calls for incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law.
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Date: 18th December 2018
Category:
Respect for the views of the child
Ms. Renate Winter, Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child has presented Child Rights Connect and the Children’s Advisory Team with a thank you letter for leading the design and delivery of the Day of General Discussion 2018.
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Date: 10th December 2018
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms
To mark Human Rights Day on the 10th December 2018, Together has signed a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for a commitment to safeguarding universal human rights as the UK prepares to exit the European Union.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Protection of privacy
Together’s Director, Juliet Harris, is one of ten individuals to be featured in a short film series sharing stories of people working to protect and promote human rights produced by the Scottish Human Rights Commission to mark the countdown to Human Rights Day.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Children of prisoners
At Families Outside’s National Conference last month, Juliet Harris gave a presentation on the significance of the Council of Europe’s Guidelines to protect children of imprisoned parents.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, Incorporation
Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has published its report on Human Rights in Scotland which welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporate the principles of the UNCRC into Scots Law. The Committee calls for the commitment to be taken forward in this parliamentary session.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Child poverty
In their recommendations to Scottish Government, the Poverty and Inequality Commission highlight the pressures faced by children and families living in poverty across Scotland during school holidays. As emphasised recently the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights following his 10-day visit to the UK, poverty is fundamentally a human rights violation and children are amongst those disproportionately impacted. As outlined in the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s new briefing, families face a range of pressures during the school holidays. These include food insecurity and childcare, but also relate to wider finances, play and activities, parenting, and social isolation. Such pressures have the strong potential to significantly compromise children’s rights to an adequate standard of living, care and play, to name a few, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Respect for the views of the child
To celebrate World Children's Day 2018, Eurochild, UNICEF, the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights and 700 children and young people presented the results of the Europe Kids Want survey in the European Parliament.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Equal protection from violence
Closing date: 25th January 2019
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Date: 21st November 2018
Category:
Awareness-raising, Incorporation
Together joined members from across Scotland to celebrate Universal Children’s Day on Tuesday 20th November at the Children’s Parliament’s National Sitting in Edinburgh and YouthLink Scotland’s National Conference in Glasgow.
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Date: 21st November 2018
Category:
Child poverty
“Great misery has been inflicted […] on millions of children who are being locked into a cycle of poverty from which most will have great difficulty escaping.”
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