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: 13th February 2023
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, General measures of implementation
Author: Save the Children

Recommendations and Concluding Observations are essential tools for civil society to use in their monitoring of countries’ implementation of human rights treaties. We must know how to use these effectively through follow up and tracking measures to ensure countries are making progress to fulfil their human rights obligations and to advance children’s rights. Save the Children has created this useful how to guide which includes follow up ideas and useful recommendation tracking templates.

Date: 17th January 2023
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

The UK’s children’s rights record will soon be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s. Here you will find the Children’s Commissioner for England report and the Commissioners for the devolved nations report submitted to the UN Committee on their work to promote and protect children and young people within their jurisdictions as independent Children’s Rights Institutions.

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author:

A new explainer video and blog have been published, exploring how to use the Human Rights Tracker. The aim of these resources, coupled with the Human Rights Tracker aims to help networks effectively monitor how successful the UK and Welsh Governments are implementing human rights.

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author:

This year’s annual lecture was delivered by Lady Hale, The Right Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE.

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author:

This resource offers an overview of how well UK Government is meeting its international human rights obligations.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: Child Rights Connect

This resource guides children to tell the Committee on the Rights of the Child how their rights and the rights of their peers are respected in their country. It also helps to engage children in ongoing monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: Child Rights Connect

The study, commissioned by Child Rights Connect, highlights the progress that has been made over the last 30 years, including the increase in children’s participation in reporting processes, as well as challenges that need addressed.

Date: 15th July 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: UNICEF

Unicef has produced a toolkit for the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC.

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: Child Rights Connect

Child Rights Connect has launched a database of civil society reports to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child from 1991 to 2014. Reports can be searched for by year, country, sessions and theme.

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author:

Franciscans International has launched a Toolbox which aims to support those interested in “connecting the dots” between human rights, sustainable development and climate action. Designed for non-governmental actors at regional, national and international levels, it aims to promotes a human rights-based approach to sustainable development, poverty eradication and environmental justice by highlight the importance of “highlighting the importance of rights-based monitoring of sustainable development/climate change policies and how violations of human rights can harm or hinder the implementation of SDGs and make people more vulnerable to climate change”.

Date: 17th January 2018
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: UN Human Rights Committee

An analysis of the 2016 findings of the UN Human Rights Committee has been published which looks at the main issues emerging from the Concluding Observations and decisions made during 2016. For the first time, the report includes information from the Committee on the Rights of the Child.