Survey: Have you attended a protest or event?

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Freedom of association and peaceful assembly

Police Scotland wants to hear from children and young people who have attended a protest or event, live near to where events take place or have any thoughts to share in general. Police Scotland wants to hear what children and young people think about its approach to keeping people safe to shape how it responds to events and protests in the future.

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Young people’s health and wellbeing survey is now live

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Young people are encouraged to share their key issues in relation to health and wellbeing and to support discussions with young people, a conversational guide has been created.

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New approach: ‘Reimagining Justice with Children and Young People: Building Rights Respecting Services Together’

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Child justice system

A new initiative has been launched to support the design of rights-based services for and with children and young people on the cusp of or in conflict with the law. To do this, CYCJ will work with local authorities and organisations across Scotland to design and develop services based on the best available evidence about how to respect and uphold children’s rights and deliver on The Promise .

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Online petition launched for an enforceable human right to a healthy environment

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

To ensure everyone in Scotland lives in a healthy environment, we must be able to hold public bodies and polluters to account. To do this, a petition has been launched which includes recommendations to Scottish Government to make sure the right to a healthy environment is enforced by law.

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UK Government proposes changes to the Human Rights Act

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The proposed changes to the Human Rights Act set out by the UK Government run counter to the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on the Human Rights Act Review. These changes would create barriers to accessing justice and redress, courts would no longer be able to ‘read in’ interpretations to legislation.

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Legal opinion on Nationality and Borders Bill

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Just Right Scotland and the Scottish Refugee Council have obtained a legal opinion from Christine O’Neil QC on the devolved implications of the UK Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill, which recently passed through the House of Commons.

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New bill proposed to end child marriage in England and Wales

Date: 16th December 2021
Category:

UK Parliament has voted on a new bill proposed to raise the legal age for marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales.

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Jersey moves a step closer to UNCRC incorporation

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Incorporation

Jersey’s Council of Ministers has now approved the Draft Children’s (Convention Rights) Law 202- which means that the draft Law can be lodged and debated in the States Assembly.

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CRIN’s take on the climate decision

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has published its perspective on the recent decisions made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in its first climate change case.

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New report “Stop the War on Children: A Crisis of Recruitment”

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Armed conflict

The number of children living in conflicted regions has increased from 162 to 193 million children in just one year, which is the highest number in more than a decade and 20% rise from the previous year. Following these findings, this report examines the trends and issues these children face, and calls States to protect these children.

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