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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Children of prisoners
Scotland has one of the highest rates of imprisonment for women in Northern Europe. The impact on children of parental imprisonment is profound - this briefing looks at working to reduce the female prison population in Scotland.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments
This series of discussion papers seeks to explore the relationship between children's rights, business and the Internet in greater detail than has previously been analysed.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination
A new report from Engender 'Sex and Power' sets out the extent of men's over-representation in positions of authority and influence in Scotland. Of the 3,029 positions of power and authority in Scotland identified in the report, 73% are filled by men.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination
The Government must act to embed equality into UK law after Brexit, according to a new report from the Women's and Equality Committee.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
General principles
This new briefing addresses how children and young people's participation in decision-making at the community level can be meaningfully supported by NGOs, using research findings from Tamil Nadu (in South India) and Scotland.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
New figures have found that more than a quarter of children were living in relative poverty after housing costs in 2015-2016.
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Date: 7th March 2017
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A survey by Plan International UK supports the view that the impact of pornography should be a compulsory part of school curriculums.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Care Experienced children, Child poverty
A study by seven British universities has revealed significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK, with children in the poorest areas 10 times more likely than those in the least deprived to become involved in the child protection system.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination
A bill requiring the UK Government to ratify the Istanbul treaty passed with ease as Scots MP Eilidh Whiteford led the way with cross-party support.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Tens of thousands of children at 802 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are breathing toxic air that risks causing lifelong health problems.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments
The UK's National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), established under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), has published its 2015-16 Annual Report.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination
The UK's Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, has called for the government to increase transparency in its flagship counter-extremism programme, Prevent.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Former SHRC Chair Professor Alan Miller has highlighted the human rights impacts of Brexit whilst the SHRC and the Jimmy Reid foundation held a joint event on 22nd February to discuss the effect of Brexit on human rights in Scotland.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
The Supreme Court has ruled that a minimum income threshold restricting the ability of non-European Economic Area nationals to enter the UK is lawful, despite acknowledging that the requirement causes significant hardship for thousands of couples.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
General principles
'Child-friendly justice - perspectives and experiences of children involved in judicial proceedings as victims, witnesses or parties in nine EU Member States' is based on the experiences of over 350 children across the EU.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
The sessions is being held from 27 February - 24 March 2017 in Geneva. The session featured the annual day on the rights of the child under the theme 'Protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' on Monday, 6 March.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
General measures of implementation
The Deputy First Minister has announced he will bring forward a Bill that will include new provisions on when and how information can be shared by and with the Named Person service.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children
A new report provides an in-depth look at the extreme risks facing refugee and migrant children as they make the perilous journey from sub-Saharan Africa into Libya and across the sea to Italy.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
SNAP partners would like to hear views on issues raised from the business community, trade unions, civil society organisations and public bodies.
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Date: 7th March 2017
Category:
Health and health services
The Scottish Health Council has commissioned a scoping exercise of the rationale, appeal and feasibility of the establishment of a pan-Scotland collaborative approach to young people's participation in the planning and delivery of health and social care services.
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