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Date: 24th July 2017
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General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
In a report presented to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner looked at the relationship between climate change and the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of the child.
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Date: 24th July 2017
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Child poverty
In 2017, Scotland will become the first part of the UK to introduce the socioeconomic duty. This consultation paper asks for input on this, ahead of guidance that will be developed later in the year.
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Date: 24th July 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Action for Sick Children have been active for 40 years. Taking into account the views of the children and young people they work with, the organisation will now be known as Children's Health Scotland.
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Date: 24th July 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination, Freedom of association and peaceful assembly, Civil Rights and Freedoms
A new 'mosquito device' has been installed, despite the evidence of their harmful and discriminatory impact on children and young people.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Bullying
A new report on prejudice-based bullying and harassment of children and young people in schools has included incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law as one of their recommendations for a new anti-bullying approach.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Protection of privacy
The Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 has introduced a new offence of 'disclosing, or threatening to disclose, an intimate photograph or film.' Those convicted of the new offence could face up to five years imprisonment.
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Date: 12th July 2017
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A new report by NHS Health Scotland discusses how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can exacerbate the educational attainment gap and investigates how the negative effects of ACEs can be mitigated.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
General measures of implementation
The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will open a consultation on removing the defence of reasonable chastisement with an aim to legislate in 2018.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Social security
A High Court judge has ruled that a benefits cap placed on single parents with a child under two is unlawful and "obviously" exacerbates poverty.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Two statements have been released, one by the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions and the other by three UK-based human rights institutions, on the impact of business on human rights.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
The national organisations that promote Play in the UK have launched a survey on adults' experience of play, past and present, with the aim of finding if play has changed through time.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Protection of privacy
The Education and Skills Committee has published its call for evidence on the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill that was introduced by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney MSP, on 19th June 2017.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
NSPCC have published their 'How safe are our children?' report for 2017 which compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the four nations of the UK.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Child justice system
A new report from the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) has found that almost half of young people who have had requests for advice to Children's Hearings or remittals from courts to Children's Hearings had been exposed to violence in the family home.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Child poverty
A report on the life chances of young people in Scotland has been published which includes recommendations on employment, housing and mental health.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Policies & procedures
A new interim report released by Youthlink details the progress that has been made in youth work since the launch of the National Youth Work Strategy in 2014.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Child justice system
The Scottish Government has released its first report on progress made since the Youth Justice Strategy was published in June 2015.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Special protection measures
Young people from across Europe joined Deputy First Minister John Swinney at the launch of the Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures which will work to tackle the root causes of social inequality and adverse childhood experiences.
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Date: 12th July 2017
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has released its Fundamental Rights report 2017 which includes recommendations on child poverty, social exclusion and protecting unaccompanied children.
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Date: 10th July 2017
Category:
General measures of implementation
Together have written a briefing for members on the consultation that has been launced on a proposed Bill on Equal Protection for children.
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