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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Health and wellbeing of children and young people

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

Closing date: 3 rd – 17 th January 2022 (depending on group)

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Right to Food (Scotland) Bill

Date: 16th December 2021
Category:

Closing date: 16 th February 2022

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How the new Scotland Human Rights Bill can better protect migrants’ human rights

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Together with Scottish Refugee Council, JustRight Scotland, PKAVS, Citizens Rights Project, BEMIS, Amnesty, & Forth Valley Migrant Support Network, HRCS has published a report with some recommendations around how the new Scotland Human Rights Bill can better protect migrants’ human rights.

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