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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
General measures of implementation
The commencement of Part 1 (duties of public authorities in relation to the UNCRC) and the reporting period for Part 3 (Children's Services Planning) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 both took effect from 1 April 2017.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Mental health, Health and health services
The Minister for Mental Health, Maureen Watt, launched the Scottish Government's new 10-year Mental Health Strategy on Thursday 30th March.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Health and health services, Mental health
1 in 5 referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are rejected. Calls for a full review of the referral and assessment process for mental health services for children and young people have been partly answered by upcoming Mental Health Strategy.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
A new report explores the quality of father-child relationships as perceived by children aged 10 years old, the factors predicting less positive father-child relationships, and how father-child relationships relate to other aspects of children's wellbeing.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
SCPHRP and NHS Health Scotland have conducted a literature review to map what is known currently about how a broad range of factors influences health behaviour in adolescence.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Child poverty
New experimental statistics have been published today showing the proportion of people living in persistent poverty in Scotland between 2010 and 2015.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, Care Experienced children
Two per cent of children in Scotland were being looked after by local authorities or on the child protection register on July 31 2016, according to the latest Children's Social Work Statistics.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
HM Chief Inspector of Education, Dr Bill Maxwell, has released a report on Scottish education, from early years through to adult learning, based on evidence gathered by HM Inspectors over the past four years.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
General principles, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children
The New Scots refugee integration strategy was developed through partnership as a three-year strategy by the Scottish Government, COSLA and the Scottish Refugee Council.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
In May 2017, the UK will undergo its third UPR. In advance of the dialogue with the United Nations in Geneva, the UK submitted this National Report and annex in February.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Equal protection from violence
Angela Constance MSP has launched a consultation on the draft Delivery Plan for Equally Safe. The delivery plan sets out the actions to be undertaken by Scottish Government, COSLA and key partners.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Access to appropriate information, Care Experienced children
CRIN have released a new guide detailing the legal and practical tools available to get redress for violations of children's rights in care institutions care in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Caucasus.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Respect for the views of the child
Bruce Adamson, currently legal officer at the Scottish Human Rights Commission, has been appointed as the next Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination
A group of young people from Glasgow's Shawlands Academy have recently been involved in a research project on young Muslim's engagement with politics. The report itself has generated a publication guide on best practice when involving young people in social research.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Mental health
Children are being failed as mental health targets are not met - one in five children and adolescents had to wait too long for treatment in 2016.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
General measures of implementation
The European Council have adopted new EU Guidelines for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. This 2017 version is a revision of the 2007 EU guidelines.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Mental health
Boys are 6 times less likely than girls to talk to ChildLine counsellors about suicidal thoughts. ChildLine's new 'Tough To Talk' campaign urges boys to speak out about their problems and reassures them they are not alone.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
Rape Crisis Scotland has launched a new campaign set to challenge and change common misconceptions that there is a right or wrong way for people to react during or after a rape.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Child poverty
End Child Poverty research demonstrates that prices are estimated to rise by 35% between 2010 and 2020, but Child Benefit will have increased by just 2% over the same period - around a seventeenth of what would be needed to keep up with increases in the cost of living.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The Amnesty International assessment report for 2016/17 states that 2016 will go down in history as an 'annus horribilis' when it comes to human rights, describing 'toxic rhetoric', "a vacuum of leadership on a chaotic world stage", "a lack of political will" and "divisive fear mongering".
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