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  • Youth Arts Open Fund

    Date: 20th August 2024
    Category: Funding, General measures of implementation
    Author: Youthlink Scotland

    A new round of the Youth Arts Open Fund, worth nearly £500,000, has been launched to support children and young people living in poverty or facing significant barriers to opportunity.

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  • Fearless summer campaign

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
    Author:

    Fearless is the youth service of Crimestoppers. It has launched its summer campaign to encourage young people to make positive choices and speak up with information about crime.

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  • The power of open budgets: a tool to make human rights real in Scotland

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
    Author: Scottish Human Rights Commission

    This blog by Scottish Human Rights Commission talks about Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2023, conducted by the International Budget Partnership, and highlighting the state of budget transparency and accountability globally. The Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2023 by the International Budget Partnership shows Scotland's progress in making financial information more accessible and comprehensive since 2019.

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  • Take part in online messaging research for young people

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
    Author: NSPCC

    This research is a new project by Revealing Reality in partnership with NSPCC. They are currently being commissioned to produce research with children and young people aged 11-19 who may have had any experiences with inappropriate messaging by adults online.

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  • Free creative summer workshops

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
    Author:

    Mindroom is delighted to launch a series of free creative workshops for Care Experienced neurodivergent young people aged 14-18 this summer.

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  • New blog: Children’s rights at the heart of law

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation, Basic Health and Welfare
    Author: Enquire

    In this blog by Enquire, Together’s Director Juliet Harris reflects on the transformative potential for disabled and neurodivergent children with the commencement of the UNCRC Act 2024.

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  • New blog: reflecting on the Rights Detectives’ investigation into a right to a healthy environment for children and young people

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
    Author:

    To celebrate the commencement of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 and as part of ERCS’s week of action on the human rights to a healthy environment, the organisation has published a two-part guest blog from Together to spotlight the connection between children’s rights and the right to a healthy environment.

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  • Dignity podcast

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
    Author: Children's Parliament

    In this episode of Dignity Podcast by Children’s parliament, Together’s Director Juliet Harris and Director of Children’s Parliament Cathy McCulloch discussed the values and ideas behind the UNCRC, the journey of the implementation of the UNCRC in Scotland and so much more!

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  • My Health, My Rights Charter

    Date: 24th July 2024
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
    Author:

    This charter has been created by children and young people living with health conditions in Scotland. It shows ten important health rights without specific order or numbering as they are all equally important in their rights.

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  • New info sheet: UNCRC and children in conflict with the law

    Date: 24th June 2024
    Category: Special Protection Measures, General measures of implementation
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    This info sheet by the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) provides detailed information about the rights of children in conflict with the law. It emphasises the importance of Articles 40 and 37 of the UNCRC.

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  • Updated UNCRC resource

    Date: 24th June 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation
    Author:

    The Improvement Service has updated  their UNCRC resource, a guide for local authorities to prepare for UNCRC Incorporation.

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  • New report: parenting evidence review Scotland

    Date: 24th June 2024
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
    Author: Parenting across Scotland

    In order to understand the key issues, needs and priorities faced by parents and those in parenting roles in Scotland, Parenting Across Scotland issued an invitation to tender at the end of 2023. Following a competitive process, The Lines Between was selected to review evidence published throughout 2023 in Scotland.

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  • New research and resources on violence between girls in Scotland

    Date: 17th May 2024
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
    Author:

    This report is called The Lassies are no Feart, it details findings from a small-scale qualitative research with young women and practitioners in Scotland about violence between girls. The research was conducted by No Knives Better Lives (NKBL), one of YouthLink Scotland’s national programmes, between May and December 2023.

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  • New Report: Increasing Children and young people’s Access to Hobbies and leisure activities.

    Date: 8th April 2024
    Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
    Author:

    During a six-week journey to Finland and Iceland in September and October 2023, Amy Woodhouse CEO Parenting Across Scotland, supported by a Churchill Fellowship, explored how these countries have enhanced access to hobbies for children and young people. The aim was to gather insights that could be applied to Scotland, where despite existing hobby provision, barriers such as financial constraints and lack of a national model hinder participation.

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  • New resource: Children’s Rights for Change (E-learning)

    Date: 8th April 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation, General principles, Civil Rights and Freedoms
    Author:

    This new e-learning module from YouthLink Scotland, the national agency for youth work, explores a child rights-based approach to advocating for change with young people. The module uses General Comment 26 on Children’s Rights and the Environment from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to explore making change globally, nationally and locally.

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  • Priority reading: children’s vision for human rights

    Date: 18th December 2023
    Category: General measures of implementation
    Author: Child Rights Connect

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrates its 75th anniversary in December 2023. This significant milestone provides an important opportunity for world leaders to commit to improving the realisation of human rights in their countries and share ideas for a new vision for the future of human rights.

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  • New report considers benefits of incorporating the Convention against Torture into Scots Law.

    Date: 18th December 2023
    Category: General measures of implementation, Incorporation, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
    Author:

    This report focuses on the gaps that persist in Scots law in the pursuit of eradicating all forms of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT). It highlights that despite the existing UK and Scottish implementation measures giving effect to the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), ensuring the general prohibition against torture warrants further attention and action in the Scottish context.

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  • NEW child-friendly resource on the UN Concluding Observations

    Date: 30th October 2023
    Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms, UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments
    Author: Together

    Together has just launched a child-friendly resource explaining the recent UN Concluding Observations made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the UK and Scottish Government. In partnership with Children’s Parliament, Scottish Youth Parliament and Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Together consulted with #TeamScotlandUN in the creation of this child-friendly resource to explain to children and young people these important recommendations for the UK and devolved goverments, to better protect, respect and implement children’s rights and to support their ability to hold Scottish Government and other duty bearers to account. Together would like to send a huge “thank you” to the children and young people who provided us with valuable advice and feedback to help shape the resource.

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  • Together’s consultation response to the new Human Rights Bill

    Date: 5th October 2023
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, General measures of implementation
    Author: Together

    The consultation for the new Human Rights Bill has now closed and you can find our submitted response, offering a children’s human rights perspective, here.

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  • New Guide: How to Write a Child-Friendly Document

    Date: 5th October 2023
    Category: Access to appropriate information, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
    Author: Save the Children

    Children have a right to seek and receive information about things that affect them, especially about their human rights. To do this properly, content must be produced in a child-friendly way that is accessible, readable and approved by children. This how-to guide by Save the Children shows you how to create child-friendly versions of your work.

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