Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Bullying
Author: Anti-Bullying Alliance

The Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Anti-Bullying Alliance have worked together to develop some top tips for schools on how to reduce discriminatory bullying.

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: General principles
Author: LGBT Youth Scotland

LGBT Youth Scotland have released new guidance entitled 'Supporting Transgender Young People' for Scottish schools and teachers.

Date: 17th October 2017
Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland (CYPCS)

New resources have been produced by the Commissioner's Office around children and young people's rights which are available for free.

Date: 5th September 2017
Category: Child poverty, Education, including vocational education
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

CPAG in Scotland have launched a series of free resources on the cost of the school day for use in group or training settings, and to support schools to increase their understanding of child poverty, identify the impact of school costs and decide what action to take.

Date: 8th August 2017
Category: Awareness-raising, General principles, Respect for the views of the child, Training, Incorporation
Author: Coram International

Unlocking Children's Rights is an innovative training resource, which has been successfully piloted across Europe.

Date: 8th August 2017
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: SCRA

SCRA has launched a new film for parents/carers with learning disabilities who have a child or children going through the Hearings System.

Date: 8th August 2017
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Together with IRISS, the CYCJ have launched a new resource to assist children and young people in understanding the journey through the youth justice system following being charged with an offence by the police.

Date: 24th July 2017
Category: Access to appropriate information, Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Journey through Justice is an interactive online resource that will help children and young people understand the journey through the youth justice system, following being charged with an offence by the police.

Date: 24th July 2017
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland (CYPCS)

Máire McCormack, Head of Policy at the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland office has written a blog about children from low-income families going hungry during the school holidays.

Date: 24th July 2017
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Children's Commissioner for Wales

'The Right Way: A Children's Rights Approach in Wales?' outlines a principled and practical framework for working with children, grounded in the UNCRC, to help public bodies to integrate children's rights into every aspect of decision-making, policy and practice.

Date: 24th July 2017
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Eurodesk

A new publication has been launched to inspire organisations working with young people across Europe.

Date: 24th July 2017
Category: Equal protection from violence, General principles
Author: Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF)

WWSF has launched its 2017 Prevention Kit '19 Days of Activism for Prevention of Violence Against Children and Youth 1-19 November'. The Call to Action is linked with the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 Target 16.2, which went into effect as of 2016.

Date: 29th June 2017
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: UNICEF UK

Unicef UK have launched a competition to design a rights-based game Unicef's Child Rights Launchpad that can be played in the classroom, playground, or sports hall.

Date: 31st May 2017
Category: Looked after children
Author:

The Commissioner's office and Scottish Women's Aid have released videos around Power Up/Power Down, a participative project that helped children and young people with lived experience of domestic abuse explore the processes and decisions involved in court-ordered contact.

Date: 31st May 2017
Category: Looked after children
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

The Commissioner's office has worked with Who Cares? Scotland to jointly produce resources to help young people in care, care leavers and the adults who support them.

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Cyrenians Scotland

Cyrenians has become the first organisation to create a digital robot to educate the public about homelessness. Alex has been created after Cyrenians carried out research that uncovered 15% of Scots believe young people are homeless out of personal choice.

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

What does a rights-based approach to bullying look like? Children's Parliament has been exploring this with children across Edinburgh.

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Mental health, Non-discrimination
Author: Mental Welfare Commission

A drive to improve mental health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people has begun with the launch of a new guide by the Mental Welfare Commission.

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: SCRA

The 'Getting papers for a Children's Hearing for the first time' leaflet explains to young people who have turned 12 years old, that because of their age, by law, whenever a future hearing is scheduled for them, they will receive their own set of Panel papers.

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Health and health services, Mental health
Author: Wendy Woolfson and Josie Vallely

The Out of Harm Tool Kit is a resource for family, teachers and other professionals who have contact with a young person they are worried about. It was developed by Wendy Woolfson and Josie Vallely with young people from Penumbra's North Ayrshire Self Harm Project with experience of self-harm.