Date: 6th January 2016
Category: Access to appropriate information, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government have released new and revised GIRFEC webpages through which to access relevant information.

Date: 8th December 2015
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Barnardo's Scotland

Touchpoints are checklists to help Third sector organisations prepare for parts 4,5 and 18 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, due to come into force in August 2016. These relate to the provision of Named Persons, the Child's Plan and the assessment of Wellbeing.

Date: 24th November 2015
Category: General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author: European Agency for Fundamental Rights

On the occasion of Universal Children's Day, a handbook on European law relating to rights of the child was launched by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
Author: Scottish Government

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Children & Young People provides details of the 42 Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in a child and young people friendly manner.

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author: Rights Info

This excellent new resource encapsulates what human rights are, why we have them, the history of human rights and how they are now under attack. The animation was designed to make human rights understandable and accessible to all.

Date: 2nd September 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF UK has launched an exciting new children's rights experience for children and young people in Scotland, as part of the 'Put Children First' partnership with the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Date: 22nd July 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has added a new children's advocacy section to their website, to be used as a guide for anyone who advocates for a child or young person.

Date: 22nd July 2014
Category: Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation
Author: Equally Ours

Equally Ours is a partnership between eight charities providing a communications hub and aiming to inspire everyone to understand how human rights benefit all of us in the UK, every day, in very practical ways.

Date: 2nd July 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

A new film has been launched by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, which includes children's views of sport and how they access and enjoy sport in Scotland.

Date: 27th May 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

This is the exciting second edition of a tool intended to help companies report and communicate on how they are respecting and supporting children's rights.

Date: 1st April 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Equality and Human Rights Performance Framework is a free online resource developed to improve performance and effectiveness by approaching things from an equality and human rights-based perspective.

Date: 23rd January 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF has published a guide for integrating children's rights into business policies, impact assessments and sustainability reporting.

Date: 15th January 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

The UNICEF Office of Research has released the first comprehensive global review of independent human rights institutions for children.

Date: 7th January 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Save the Children

A guide has been written for civil society organisations that use or wish to use Children's Rights and Business Principles to engage with businesses in monitoring, enforcing and advancing children's rights.

Date: 10th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has produced a practical guide for civil society on how to use what the UN says to get better implementation of human rights nationally.

Date: 12th November 2013
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Poverty Alliance

The Poverty Alliance has released a Parliamentary Briefing with regard to the Scottish Parliament Debate on the Scottish Government's Play Strategy Action Plan.

Date: 14th October 2013
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner's Office (Scotland) has submitted written evidence to the Education and Culture Committee, regarding the information sharing provisions in the Children and Young People Bill.

Date: 1st October 2013
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Child Rights Information Network

CRIN's 2012-13 annual report has been released and wraps up their work in the past year and the events that shaped it.

Date: 1st October 2013
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence against Children launched a child-friendly guide to the UNCRC's complaints procedure.

Date: 20th June 2013
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has recently published five fact sheets to help explain what the Children and Young People Bill says about areas including children's rights, GIRFEC and looked after children.