Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Child poverty
Author:

Aimed at children’s practitioners and school communities, this new resource includes 40 case studies demonstrating tried and tested ways to reduce costs in schools to ensure all children can take part in the school day.

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: 17th January 2023
Category:
Author:

Watch four young people on a ‘children’s rights journey’ through their community, interacting with representatives from various public authorities to learn about the practical ways that public authorities can respect children’s rights.

Date: 17th January 2023
Category:
Author:

Youth workers are encouraged to use the Framework when working with  young people. It seeks to help young people identify and track the skills they want to and have developed through their participation in youth work. It aims to provide a structure for reviewing and tracking these learning goals.

Date: 17th January 2023
Category: Children of prisoners
Author:

This toolkit is co-created with children and young people with lived experience of having a parent in the criminal justice system. It aims to make sure children and young people who have experienced having a parent in the criminal justice system get the support they need at the earliest opportunity. 

Date: 9th November 2022
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Together

Together, Children's Parliament, The Improvement Service and Education Scotland have collaborated to create this new resource aimed at Elected Members in Scotland who are interested in learning more about children’s rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Date: 9th November 2022
Category: Looked after children
Author:

Running alongside The Promise, Talking Hope aims to promote more hopeful conversations with and about young people supported by secure care services.

Date: 9th November 2022
Category: Bullying, Non-discrimination
Author: Respectme

The theme for this Anti-Bullying Week is “Listen up! Respect our rights” and respectme has launched its campaign hub online where you can find everything you need to get ready for #AntiBullyingWeek and bring the theme to life in your work with children and young people.

Date: 13th October 2022
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF has released a study targeting local governments and stakeholders for establishing and strengthening formal participatory mechanisms for children to encourage the fulfilment of their obligation under Article 12 of the UNCRC.

Date: 13th October 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author:

While the Rights Removal Bill has been shelved for now, it is important for civil society organisations and individuals to continue to build our knowledge on the importance of the Human Rights Act and the implications of the Bill to remain strong in our opposition for when it returns. Liberty has provided us with resources from its drop-in sessions to better understand the implications of the Bill on the rights of different groups.

Date: 15th September 2022
Category: Looked after children
Author:

New materials have been published to help inform Care Experienced young people about the right to continuing care. This project has been created by CELCIS in collaboration with the Care Inspectorate and Clan Childlaw, and has been designed by young people for young people.

Date: 2nd August 2022
Category: General measures of implementation
Author:

Together continues to campaign to save the Human Rights Act. Get up to speed by reading these briefings.

Date: 2nd August 2022
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author:

This 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.

Date: 8th July 2022
Category: Social security and childcare
Author:

An aim of expanding early learning and childcare is to close the attainment gap and provide funded childcare to parents. Whilst supporting this aim, Graeme McAlister, Chief Executive of SCMA, also expresses concerns on how this planned expansion has been implemented across Scotland. Within this blog, Graeme explores what impact this has on the childminding workforce.

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: General measures of implementation
Author: Save the Children

This guide aims to empower and inspire civil society practitioners to follow-up, use and make the most of the recommendations made by the United Nations. These recommendations can be embedded into daily work to advance realisation of children’s rights across the globe.

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: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author:

This handbook provides a brief overview of the Equality Act 2010 and is a reference guide. Advisers are encouraged to use this guide to gather information on the application of equality law in Scotland. However, this should only be used as a starting point to direct further reading.

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.