Date: 13th May 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: ScotLink

This briefing is offered as a contribution to the current review of the National Performance Framework, and is the result of collaboration between some of Scotland's leading civil society organisations.

Date: 13th May 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has published a booklet to inform children looked after away from home about their rights.

Date: 29th April 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament's youth engagement project, Connect! has some great new web pages with lots of information available for young people and youth workers.

Date: 29th April 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

A new publication giving an overview of children's access to play and culture in Scotland has recently been launched.

Date: 29th April 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: WithScotland

The purpose of the National Framework for Child Protection Learning and Development is to set out a common set of skills and standards for workers to ensure the delivery of a consistently high standard of support to children and young people across the country.

Date: 15th April 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Eurochild

The theme of Eurochild's 2013 Annual Conference was "Building an inclusive Europe - the contribution of children's participation" and the conference report has now been published.

Date: 1st April 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

A new and updated corporate parenting resource kit is available alongside a range of resources and information relating to looked after children and care leavers and the duties on corporate parents and professionals.

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: 18th March 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland has produced a national professional development resource for adults working with children and young people, to develop participants' knowledge and understanding of the UNCRC.

Date: 7th March 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

A culmination of a knowledge exchange initiative to explore the challenges in ensuring the meaningful participation of children and young people in policy.

Date: 24th February 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Enquire

A new film has been made by Enquire on listening to children and it was launched at their 2014 Annual Conference.

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland has produced a members briefing concerning the Named Person section (Part 4) of the proposed Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: CHILDREN 1ST

CHILDREN 1ST has published a report mapping current parenting information resources, including an online resource list with links.

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Equal protection from violence, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Barnardo's Scotland

In advance of the Parliamentary debate held on 28th January 2014 to discuss the recommendations in the Public Petitions Committee inquiry report into child sexual exploitation (CSE), some of Together's members prepared Parliamentary briefings.

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: WithScotland

This new briefing was produced by WithScotland in response to over 300 practitioners who, when surveyed, said they required more information and research on the topic of the role of schools in supporting vulnerable children and families.

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: 21st January 2014
Category: Right to life, survival and development
Author: Together

Together has responded to the consultation lodged by Jenny Mara MSP on a proposal for new anti-human trafficking legislation for Scotland.

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.