Date: 25th May 2011
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: United Nations

A report of the Working Group for the establishment of a complaints mechanism for the CRC, presented by the Chairperson at the 17th session of the Human Rights Council.

Date: 24th May 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Immigration Law Practitioners' Association

This guide produced by The Immigration law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) focuses on refugee children, but the principles and practices described apply to all migrant children.

Date: 9th May 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Children's Parliament

The need for better recognition of the child's right to play brought the International Play Association (Scotland) and the Children's Parliament together with children across Scotland to talk about what play means to them and how their experience of play could be better.

Date: 2nd May 2011
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Save the Children

This report is part of an overarching project across five European countries and the EU institution. The aim is to assess how far the general measures of implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have been realised at European, national and community level.

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

Homelesschildren.org.uk is an online resource which provides expert guidance and advice for education professionals on measures they can take to mitigate the impact of homelessness on a child's schooldays.

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

This report highlights the fact that most young homeless people (84 per cent) had also run away over night before the age of 16. This is considerably higher than the national rate of running away which is estimated at 11 per cent.

Date: 7th April 2011
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF UK calls on all political parties to champion the rights of every child in Scotland by making the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child part of Scots law. This would make the Convention directly applicable in Scottish courts of law and help ensure that the duties the Convention places on wider society to protect children and support their development are better understood.

Date: 4th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Children in Scotland

This briefing looks at fetal alcohol harm - the range of birth defects that can result from prenatal exposure to alcohol causing permanent brain and nervous system damage affecting learning, behaviour and life chances.

Date: 4th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: Parenting UK

Parentchannel.tv is a free online service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children aged 5-19, with a collection of videos addressing a wide range of parenting topics.

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across Scotland

Parenting across Scotland would like Scotland to be the best place for families to bring up their children but at the moment, it's very far from being that. The Parenting across Scotland manifesto calls on the Scottish Government to 'family-proof' their policies, invest in the importance of parenting, ensure that families get the help they need when they need it, ensure that adequate childcare is available and that employers are family friendly.

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Young Scot

Young Scot Access All Areas was a three-year inclusion project, which aimed to empower young people from ethnic minority, refugee, asylum seeking and faith groups to influence service provision in their local area, enhance access and promote inclusion.

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: For Scotland's Disabled Children

"Setting the Scene" presents a Scotland-wide picture of disabled children - numbers, services, educational provision, strategies, plans and outcomes - and how services are supported and configured.

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Equality and Human Rights Commission

This is the report of the joint Commissions' participation event (28 Match 2011) with disabled people in Scotland about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Date: 22nd March 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration Corporate Plan outlines our commitment to working with partners in delivering the best outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families and carers, and the communities in which they live.

Date: 17th March 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education

This guide is part of the Count Us In online resource that gives the professional view of HMIE on the strengths and best practice in implementing inclusion and equality across education in Scotland, and sets out what needs to be done now to improve.

Date: 14th March 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

At least 80 and possibly many more children may have been trafficked into Scotland in 18 months without a single person being convicted for the crimes, according to a new report published by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) and the Centre for Rural Childhood, Perth College UHI. The report is the first in Scotland to attempt to quantify the scale of the problem.

Date: 10th March 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Out of School Care Network

The Scottish Out of School Care Network interviewed out of school care staff members, children and parents about the benefits and importance of out of school care in Scotland.

Date: 7th March 2011
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: TACInterconnections

This new website has been set up for sharing information, helping build the knowledge base and promoting teamwork around children and young people with disabilities and special needs.

Date: 1st March 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation, Children with disabilities
Author:

Young women and men may find themselves being treated unfairly because of their gender, age, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status.

Date: 1st March 2011
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: For Scotland's Disabled Children

Views of Quality Of Life from Children and Young People who are Disabled and/or Living with Long Term Conditions.