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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.