Date: 17th November 2023
Category: Special Protection Measures
Author: Children's Hearings Scotland

This is Children’s Hearings Scotland’s (CHS) second Progressing Rights report on its activities relating to embedding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in their practice and system.

Date: 17th November 2023
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Special Protection Measures
Author:

This new resource from LSE academics Gazal Shekhawat and Sonia Livingstone gives guidance from transnational organisations and is aimed at organisations and academics concerned with the issue of AI and its effect on children’s rights.

Date: 11th August 2023
Category: Additional support for learning, Special Protection Measures
Author:

SCLD has launched a new report called 'The State of Our Rights: The human rights issues facing people with learning disabilities in Scotland (2021–2023) and a route map for change'. The report contains some recommendations for consideration concerning the development of the New Human Rights Bill for Scotland. 

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: Special Protection Measures
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Listen to children and young people who are members of CYCJ discussing, debating and questioning justice.

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: Special Protection Measures
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

This new resource provides the latest information on policy, practice and laws for practitioners and managers who work with children and young people who offend or are at risk of offending. There is information on a wide variety of themes, including children’s rights; risk management; mental health; diversity; restorative justice; adversity and trauma; and diversion from prosecution.

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: Special Protection Measures
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Made up of organisations who focus on youth justice, the Youth Justice Improvement Board’s website is now launched! This aims to drive forward a rights-respecting approach to youth justice at a national level.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Special Protection Measures
Author:

Three short, animated videos have been created to explain the key themes of the sentencing young people guideline.

Date: 7th August 2020
Category: Special Protection Measures
Author:

This webinar highlighted the key findings of the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty (GSCDL) in the context of COVID-19 and was moderated by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid and featured the participation of the UN inter-agency Task Force for the GSCDL.