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  • Fostering Network needs young advisors

    Date: 13th March 2024
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles

    The Fostering Network in Scotland is recruiting new members for their Young People's Advisory Board.

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  • UN Committee requests information from Israel on children’s rights compliance

    Date: 12th March 2024
    Category: General principles, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Violence against children

    The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued an urgent request to Israel for additional information ahead of its forthcoming review of the country’s children’s rights record. The request for additional information is particularly in light of events since October 7, 2023. Israel is urged to provide updated information on various aspects concerning children's rights by June 15, 2024.

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  • Participation of civil society organisations in UN treaty review processes at risk

    Date: 9th February 2024
    Category: General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    It is no longer mandatory for the UN to provide online participation for official UN meetings, including those held by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which will limit the direct participation of civil society organisations, children and young people in the UN Treaty Review process. The International Service for Human Rights has gathered over 220 signatures from civil society organisations including Together, endorsing a letter that advocates for ensuring live online mechanisms of participation are maintained.

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  • Attitudes to human rights in Scotland

    Date: 18th December 2023
    Category: General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    People in Scotland are more likely to support human rights than not and are increasingly worried about having fewer human rights, according to new research published by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. The Commission asked public opinion specialists YouGov to carry out research to investigate public attitudes towards human rights in Scotland and published these results for Human Rights Day.

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  • New publication- exploring ecocide and children’s rights

    Date: 18th December 2023
    Category: General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    This report is a call to recognise ecocide as a children’s rights crisis. By criminalising ecocide, we protect children’s rights, ensure intergenerational equity, and preserve the beauty and vitality of the natural world.

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  • Children bring a case against 33 European states on climate and their rights

    Date: 17th November 2023
    Category: Special protection measures, General measures of implementation, General principles, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    The case, lodged in 2020, was brought by six Portuguese children against 33 European states. The applicants demand that states uphold their legal duty to reduce fossil fuel-related emissions and prevent climate harms.

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  • Launch of child participation web-platform

    Date: 11th August 2023
    Category: Respect for the views of the child, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles

    The Council of Europe has launched a child participation leadership platform as part of its joint project - “CP4Europe - Strengthening National Child Participation Frameworks and Action in Europe”. The web platform provides different resources, guidelines and assessment tools for professionals working with children.

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  • SYP Elections 2023

    Date: 17th July 2023
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation

    Applications are now open for young people aged 14-25 to stand as a candidate in this year's SYP elections.

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  • UK Government called on to bring home British families from Syria

    Date: 17th July 2023
    Category: Special protection measures, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Civil Society Organisations have called on the UK Government to repatriate British families who are being unlawfully detained in northeast Syria, the majority of detainees being children under 10 years old.

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  • Launch of the Scottish National Action Plan 2 (SNAP2)

    Date: 25th April 2023
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation

    Scotland’s Second National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP 2) was launched last month and Michael, a young person on the Leadership Panel for its development, shares his experiences as the youngest person in the room.

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  • New report on the fundamental rights protection now live

    Date: 7th July 2022
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    This new report reviews the fundamental rights that were fulfilled or left unfulfilled across the EU in 2021. It looks at areas such as equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; child rights and access to justice.

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  • Get involved in the Power of Youth Day 2022

    Date: 9th June 2022
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Recruitment for this year’s #IWill Ambassador cohort is now open! This is a fantastic way to celebrate the incredible contributions that young people aged 12 -25 are making in their communities, society and the environment. You can get involved by encouraging children and young people you work with to apply to be an Ambassador or take to social media to celebrate the #PowerOfYouth.

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  • Share your manifesto calls for the Local Council elections

    Date: 28th April 2022
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Children in Scotland, Children 1st, Child Poverty Action Group and includem have made key calls within their manifestos to encourage Local Council candidates to make children's rights pledges. We would love to promote and share your calls on our webpage, so please get in touch!

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  • New report looks at the impact of counter-terrorism measures on children’s rights

    Date: 7th April 2022
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    The ‘Prevent Strategy’ is the part of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy aimed at preventing individuals “becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.” However, civil society expresses deep concerns and widespread criticism of the strategy as it targets children disproportionately, interfering with their right to privacy and to freedom of expression, religion and assembly.

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  • Children’s Commissioner embarks on virtual roadshow

    Date: 7th March 2022
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

    Children’s Commissioner is opening up virtual sessions to connect with children and young people across Scotland.

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  • My Rights, My Voice – open call for children to get involved!

    Date: 17th September 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Children aged 10 to 17 are invited to submit a short video focusing on what rights mean to them! Children are asked to focus on a specific child right and are encouraged to express themselves through mode of speech, musical performance, role playing or theatre staging, painting or drawing performance or recordings of other creative activities! These videos hope to build children’s understanding of children’s rights

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  • Westminster Committee says there is no case for amending the Human Rights Act

    Date: 23rd August 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    The Joint Committee on Human Rights has issued a report on the UK Government’s Independent Review of the Human Rights Act 1998.

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  • End Conversion Therapy Petition

    Date: 30th July 2021
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Civil Rights and Freedoms

    This petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge Scottish Government to ban the provision or promotion of LGBT+ conversion therapy in Scotland.

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  • Watch now: Panel discussion on children’s human rights, and community learning and development

    Date: 23rd April 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

    Community Learning and Development practitioners ask a children’s human rights panel on how they can put children’s rights at the heart of their practice.

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  • EU Child Guarantee and Children's Rights Strategy launched

    Date: 8th April 2021
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

    These two EU instruments set a clear framework for action by EU countries and institutions, to respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights, across all levels of government.

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