The State of the World's Children 2025: Ending child poverty

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Child poverty, Social security

UNICEF firmly believes that after years of effort and research have shown that ending child poverty and improving children’s circumstances is a policy choice and introduces 5 policy pillars needed to reach this goal:

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Unequal Childhoods: rights on paper should be rights in practice - Eurochild 2025 report on children in need across Europe

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Policy and strategy, Best interests of the child

The Scotland section shows that Scotland continues to make strong commitments to children's rights in law and policy. However, far too many children still face inequality, hardship and barriers to fully enjoy those rights.

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Children and young people call for action at COP30

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Right to a healthy environment

The letter stated that while nearly thirty years of climate negotiations produced ambitious promises, they failed to deliver the rapid, equitable change needed. Young people pointed to escalating droughts, displacement, extreme heat, and food insecurity as evidence that the climate crisis was not a distant threat but a lived reality.

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UNCRC Virtual Health Conference 2025: Embedding Children’s Rights across NHS Scotland: shared experiences of implementing the UNCRC Incorporation Act

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Health and health services, General measures of implementation

After the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law, this conference offered the opportunity to explore how NHS Scotland has responded to its new legal duties to uphold children’s rights across all services and settings.

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Help shape the future of child health – youth vote open now

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This ballot was created to support children in invoking their rights under the UN Convention Rights of the Child, Article 12 – the right for children and young people to be heard on decisions that affect them , and Article 24 – the right for children and young people to the best possible healthcare and health services.

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National Transitions to Adulthood Strategy for young disabled people: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Child rights impact assessments, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The National Transitions to Adulthood Strategy springs from growing evidence that transitions from childhood into young adulthood often present serious challenges for disabled young people and their families, including shifting service eligibility, poor coordination between child and adult services, lack of clarity or planning, and unexpected drops in support.

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Latest children's rights news from Scottish Parliament - sign up to our mailing with Dentons

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: General principles

The mailing list is an exclusive perk for our NGO member organisations.

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New Blog: Marking World Children’s Day 2025: A New Chapter for Children’s Rights in Scotland

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: General measures of implementation

The blog introduces the Children’s Scheme, what it is and why it matters and what the commitments of the scheme are towards guaranteeing the rights of every baby, child and young person in Scotland.

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New blog: Humanist Society Scotland on children's rights and Religious Observance

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

The blog also shares lived experiences of children, parents and teachers who describe feelings of exclusion, pressure to participate in RO and a lack of clear communication from schools about when RO takes place. It also highlights ongoing challenges faced by families when attempting to withdraw their children, despite having a legal right to do so under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.

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Making Rights Real: insights from Scotland and lessons for Queensland

Date: 1st December 2025
Category: Awareness-raising, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, Policy and strategy

At an event hosted by Children’s Rights Queensland (CRQ) and partners, advocates gathered to examine how Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) and other organisations in Scotland have “made rights real” for children and young people and what those hard-won lessons mean for the Australian state of Queensland.

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