Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Non-discrimination

The principles determining when police can use 'stop and search' powers have been set out in a code of practice. Together welcomes the specific guidelines for children and young people.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Health and health services

In February 2015 the Minister for Public Health, Ms Maureen Watt MSP, announced a Review of Maternity and Neonatal services in Scotland. The results of the review have now been published.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Alliance has published a revised and updated Being Human Think Piece, which seeks to contribute to the continuing conversation on human rights in Scotland, and particularly how they apply to health and social care and people who are disabled and living with long term conditions.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category:

The Scottish Parliament Education and Skills Committee have released their report, Performance and Role of Key Education and Skills Bodies.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Child poverty

More than 800 children were living in temporary accommodation Scotland during one three-month period last year, a 17% increase on the previous year.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Child poverty

Rises in the cost of living will outstrip meagre increases in child benefit by 17 times by 2020, a new report by the End Child Poverty coalition has warned.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Conservative MPs have blocked an attempt by the Labour Party to introduce compulsory sex and relationships education (SRE) in schools. Compulsory and quality SRE is one of the recommendations made by Together in the Scottish context in its 2016 State of Children's Rights report.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Care Experienced children

Towards the Right Care for Children, the first study of its kind, stems from a European Commission project in partnership with the SOS Children's Villages International and was co-authored by CELCIS International Lead Chrissie Gale.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Scottish Government would like to hear the views of young people with something to say about the internet in working to create an internet safety action plan for children and young people in Scotland.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Health and health services

This consultation seeks views on the draft guidance on Healthcare in Schools in Scotland. The guidance will support health boards and schools in the delivery of healthcare support to pupils who need support as a result of a healthcare need.

Date: 24th January 2017
Category: Non-discrimination

LGBT Youth Scotland is currently carrying out their Life in Scotland 2017 survey with young people, aged 13-25 who identify as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and live in Scotland.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Child poverty

There is overwhelming support for the government's ambition to tackle the deep-rooted causes of child poverty says Equalities Secretary Angela Constance, but the Scottish Greens argue that the latest government report shows the need for a budget to tackle the 'scandal' of child poverty.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Funding

Funded organisations recently completed a self-evaluation survey as part of the Scottish Government's evaluation of the Fund to assess whether the overall vision for the Fund is achieved and to help inform future decisions around this area of funding. The initial finds from this work have now been published.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The government is under growing pressure to make sex education compulsory in Catholic schools amid growing alarm about the impact that online pornography and "sexting" is having on children in Scotland.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: England-specific monitoring and reporting

A new report by the Children's Rights for Alliance for England (CRAE) concludes that increasing numbers of children have been let down in 2016 and denied the basic needs to develop and thrive.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Mental health

The 2017 Prince's Trust Macquarie Youth Index warns that more than a quarter of young people (28%) don't feel in control of their lives, with concerns about job prospects, self-confidence and recent political events playing on young minds.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Armed conflict

A series of short films have been published which feature a young British veteran who, enlisted at 17, talking frankly and graphically about all aspects of army life.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Theresa May plans to take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), according to new reports which claim that the Prime Minister plans to fight the 2020 election on a platform of leaving the ECHR.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Children in situations of exploitation

The UK has been condemned for its treatment of British victims of forced marriage overseas after it was revealed that it confiscates victims' passports until they pay off a loan for their own repatriation.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A group of 36 teenage asylum seekers, who previously lived in the Calais refugee camps and currently reside in French reception centres, have taken legal action against the government of the UK.