Date: 6th September 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

This new report by the Electoral Reform Society evaluates the conduct of the EU referendum and makes suggestions for future improvement, including recommending votes from age 16 across the UK and the extension of citizenship education in schools.

Date: 6th September 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

In England, a 14-year-old boy is launching a legal challenge against London's Metropolitan police and his local council over a failure to provide a safer alternative to detention in police cells.

Date: 6th September 2016
Category: Best interests of the child, Mental health

The Children's Society's annual state-of-the-nation review of young people's well-being finds an estimated 283,000 girls aged 10-15 say they are not happy with their lives overall - one in seven of all girls in that age group.

Date: 6th September 2016
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The new Justice Secretary Liz Truss has confirmed that the UK government will continue with plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights.

Date: 6th September 2016
Category: Non-discrimination, Respect for the views of the child

SCRA is carrying out research on the barriers which might prevent children, young people and families from ethnic minorities from reaching out to professionals, and/or from getting the help they need when they do, including statutory interventions through the Children's Hearings System.

Date: 6th September 2016
Category:

This consultation seeks views on draft statutory guidance in relation to a series of amendments to the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000 ("the 2000 Act") made by Part 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016.

Date: 24th August 2016
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has recently expressed concern over the high prevalence of obesity among children in many parts of the UK - including Scotland - and yet the newly published childhood obesity strategy has been widely criticised for being ineffective.

Date: 24th August 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

In their submission, CRIN have highlighted several areas of children's rights that warrant further discussion, including: children's right to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to vote, and access to justice and challenging public decisions.

Date: 24th August 2016
Category: Care Experienced children

The Care Inspectorate have released two questionnaires to a) gain the views of parents and carers about childminding services and b) gain the views of childminders about these services.

Date: 24th August 2016
Category: Social security

The Scottish Government is publishing a consultation on social security in Scotland, to gather views and inform future decisions, including the development of the forthcoming Social Security Bill.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

Whilst we have identified several case studies from existing submissions, Together are keen for organisations to get in touch with key issue case studies.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Children of prisoners

New collaborative research into the issue of mothers and babies in prison suggest that the current arrangements in Scotland do not adequately account for the often complex needs of imprisoned mothers, who have often had chaotic lifestyles linked to drug and alcohol use, and poor mental health.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

The Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII) supports programmes of knowledge exchange which address and provide insight on substantial issues that face Scotland and the wider world. This programme and subsequent report explores the critical arts approach to combat the impact of neglect.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child

A project led by Girlguiding Scotland will be piloted in a weekend of workshops for 13-18 year-old girls who will learn to effectively use digital communications, influence decision makers and engage with the media to push for change.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Disabled children

This research responds to the Active Citizenship priority to facilitate employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities by seeking to better understand the scale and effectiveness of employability support for people with learning disabilities in Scotland.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category:

This briefing by SPICe (the Scottish Parliament Information Centre) highlights five guiding principles and six key strategies, gathered from evidence-based educational research, that have been proved effective in closing the attainment gap both nationally and internationally.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

According to a new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), people from ethnic minorities in Scotland are four times more likely than the general population to live in overcrowded accommodation, and twice as likely to be poor and out of work.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Age of criminal responsibility

Several organisations have supported the call to raise Scotland's age of criminal responsibility from eight in order to meet UN-backed minimum human rights standards.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Protection of privacy

Childline has reported that it receives at least four calls a day from children worried about sexting - a 15% increase on last year.

Date: 10th August 2016
Category: Young carers

According to new research by the Carers Trust Scotland, young carers in Scotland are hiding their responsibilities from their friends due to bullying and a lack of understanding.