Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author:

The Scottish Sentencing Council has published its Business Plan 2018-21 which outlines the Council’s aims for the next three years. These include aiming to complete sentencing guidelines relating to the sentencing process, the sentencing of young people, causing death by driving, and environmental and wildlife crime.

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author: Scottish Human Rights Commission

Scottish Human Rights Commission has launched their annual report which gives an overview of their activities from the year 2017/18.

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Eurochild

Eurochild has published its 2018 report on the European Semester, based on assessments provided by 23 Eurochild members in 18 countries. The report aims to highlight Member States’ progress in implementing the European Commission ‘Recommendation on Investing in Children: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage’ and the ‘European Pillar of Social Rights’. It provides an analysis of the extent to which children’s rights and wellbeing are being prioritised within the 2018 European Semester cycle and aims to provide policymakers at EU level with a child-centred perspective to evaluating countries’ progress towards economic and social objectives.

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF Innocenti has launched their latest Report Card titled ‘An Unfair Start: Inequality in Children’s Education in Rich Countries’.

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: 7th November 2018
Category: Access to appropriate information, Education, including vocational education
Author:

Childnet International has published guidance for parents and carers about looking after the digital wellbeing of children and young people.

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Starcatchers have launched their annual report which gives an overview of their activities from the year 2017/18.

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning
Author: Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland, Scottish Autism and the National Autistic Society Scotland have launched a new report on autistic children’s experiences of missing school.

Date: 19th October 2018
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, including vocational education
Author:

A programme of work to develop a national and free-to-use 3-18 resource for relationships, sexual health and parenthood education is underway.

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Social security and childcare
Author:

Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) has launched a new report which gives an overview of the current state of professional childminding services in Scotland to deliver Early Learning and Childcare (ELC).

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Policies & procedures, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Human Rights Consortium Scotland

A new online guide for NGOs around strategic litigation has been launched by the Human Rights Consortium Scotland.

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: ASH Scotland

ASH Scotland has launched a new tobacco-free schools resource pack which aims to address a range of themes including e-cigarettes, finances, mental health, the benefits of being smoke-free, dealing with pressure, building confidence and resilience.

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Youthlink Scotland

YouthLink Scotland has launched a new resource which has been designed to help individuals and organisations interested in running youth-led heritage research projects.

Date: 25th September 2018
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

Girlguiding UK has published its annual report on the attitudes of girls in 2018. Based on survey responses from 1,903 girls and young women aged 7-21-years-old from across the UK, the report highlights girls' views on a range of topics, including mental health; wellbeing and happiness; periods; education; relationships and socialising and safety.

Date: 25th September 2018
Category:
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government has published findings from a national review of care allowances for children living in foster care, kinship care and adoption placements, as well as results from an online survey and focus groups with foster and kinship carers.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning
Author: University of Edinburgh

The Salvesen Mindroom Centre delivered by The University of Edinburgh in partnership with The James Lind Alliance has published a report presenting the findings from their project, Research Priorities for Learning Difficulties.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

In light of the Fairer Scotland Duty which came into effect in April 2018, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a report which aims to highlight how duties on public sector bodies in Scotland have worked to reduce socio-economic disadvantage which they define as “a range of factors, including poverty, health, education, limited social mobility, housing and a lack of expectations”.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Mental health, Health and health services
Author:

The Auditor General and the Accounts Commission in Scotland have published a report which aims to explore the effectiveness of children and young people’s mental health services across Scotland in terms of delivery and funding.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning, Respect for the views of the child
Author:

Reach has launched three children’s rights animations which aim to help pupils understand their rights to be supported, listened to and involved in decisions about the help they need at school.