Date: 30th April 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, General measures of implementation, General principles, Incorporation

Following on from the First Minister’s commitment to incorporation of the UNCRC within the next two years, Together are publishing a series of blogs over the month of May to highlight that now is the #RightTime to incorporate. Case studies from Together’s members show why it is vital for children and young people’s rights to be enshrined in Scots law.

Date: 18th April 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments, Optional protocol on a communications procedure, Respect for the views of the child

As we mark the 5th anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the UNCRC on a Communications Procedure, UN officials have called for wider greater ratification of the instrument to strengthen children’s human rights across the world.

Date: 17th April 2019
Category: Child rights impact assessments, Child rights indicators, Incorporation, General measures of implementation, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

After a period of evaluation, Scottish Government has updated its Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA).

Date: 12th February 2019
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Awareness-raising

The Best of UNICEF Research 2018 was recently published. This research underscored the need to view both forms of violence against children and intimate partner violence (women) as overlapping issues with common risk factors.

Date: 25th July 2018
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Together has published its submission on Children as Human Rights Defenders, made to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ahead of this year's Day of General Discussion (DGD) in September.

Date: 28th June 2018
Category: Awareness-raising, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Respect for the views of the child

Last week, Together partnered with other children's rights organisations in Scotland to hold the first Day of General Discussion (DGD) Hub in preparation for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's DGD on Children as Human Rights Defenders, which will take place in September.

Date: 28th June 2018
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Respect for the views of the child

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's Day of General Discussion will this year be held on the topic of Children as Human Rights Defenders and several new resources have been made available in recent weeks to encourage children, young people and organisations to get involved.Survey

Date: 31st May 2017
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

On Monday 15 May, Renate Winter, the member from Austria, was elected as new Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The sessions is being held from 27 February - 24 March 2017 in Geneva. The session featured the annual day on the rights of the child under the theme 'Protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' on Monday, 6 March.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Minister for Childcare and Early Years Mark McDonald MSP has followed up on previous correspondence made to Westminster regarding the inclusion of the devolved nations in the UN Committee election processes and putting forward a UK nominee.

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Together, along with the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) and the Wales UNCRC Monitoring Group has submitted a joint GB response to the third UPR cycle taking place in May 2017.

Date: 16th June 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The UN Committee concludes that the UK and devolved nations need to do more to prioritise children's rights.

Date: 10th June 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released the Concluding Observations for the UK on Thursday 9th June 2016.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Right to life, survival and development

Nourish Scotland is participating in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) review of the UK's performance of rights. Responding to the Committee's List of Issues, this report reviews the obligations of the UK Government, and the Scottish Government where the matter concerned is devolved, under Article 11 of ICESCR, specifically in relation to the right to food.

Date: 7th March 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The annual day of discussion on the rights of the child at the UN on 8th March 2016 focused on information and communications technology (ICTs) and child sexual exploitation, with States attempting to understand and deepen cooperation on the issue.

Date: 16th February 2016
Category: General measures of implementation, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Together is a member of ROCK; a coalition of voluntary organisations and individuals from across the UK pushing for the full incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into UK law. In preparation for the forthcoming ROCK plenary meeting, Together has submitted a Scotland update.

Date: 19th January 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, General measures of implementation

On 14th January 2016, Together's Director & Chair met with the JCHR in Edinburgh to discuss the landscape & culture of children's rights in Scotland & across the UK.

Date: 17th November 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation

Following a motion lodged by Roderick Campbell MSP, the Scottish Parliament debated the subject of Universal Children's Day on 17th November.

Date: 10th November 2015
Category: Awareness-raising, Non-discrimination, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Young, disabled and ethnic minority Scots face significantly more barriers to their rights than others, according to a new report titled 'Is Britain Fairer?'

Date: 9th November 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights will be scrutinising every Government Bill for its compatibility with human rights obligations, such as those included in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and welcomes written submissions.