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Date: 5th October 2023
Category:
Equal protection from violence, Violence against children, Restraint, Protection from abuse or neglect
Scottish Parliament recently held a consultation for a proposed Member’s Bill to ensure restraint and seclusion of children and young people in schools is only used as a last resort where there is an immediate risk of harm and using appropriate methods.
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Date: 3rd May 2022
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
The minimum age of marriage has will be raised from 16 to 18. This will also apply to religious and cultural marriages not registered with the couples' local council. Children will not face penalties under the new law, but adults who facilitate their marriage within England and Wales, or abroad could face a fine and up to seven years in jail.
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Date: 2nd February 2022
Category:
Social security, Family reunification, Care Experienced children, Parental responsibilities, Protection from abuse or neglect
These analysis reports capture and summarise responses to two 2021 consultations: on child contact centres; and another on child welfare reporters, curators ad litem and solicitors. This article highlights the key themes identified in the reports, interspersed with what we said in our consultation response.
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Date: 2nd February 2022
Category:
Equal protection from violence, Protection of privacy, Bullying, Protection from abuse or neglect
This Bill aims to tackle forms of illegal and harmful online content. However, according to a report by the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, it is a missed opportunity as it does not tackle certain forms of content.
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Date: 3rd September 2021
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
A landmark piece of regulation has come into force which requires the tech sector to consider children’s privacy, safety and wellbeing in their products and services if they are likely to be accessed by children and young people.
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Date: 18th June 2021
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
Teachers, designated safeguarding leads and designated child protection officers are encouraged to take part in two short surveys to aid a study into human rights and safeguarding in schools across the UK.
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Date: 8th April 2021
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
Survivors of historical child abuse in care will be able to apply for financial redress, via a scheme that will be set up under the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act.
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Date: 12th February 2021
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
Organisations have called on the European Parliament to adopt a temporary derogation to the ePrivacy Directive. This would allow service providers to resume using certain tools to detect and address child sexual abuse material and instances of grooming.
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Date: 28th January 2021
Category:
Equal protection from violence, Domestic abuse, Children affected by substance misuse, Parental responsibilities, Protection from abuse or neglect
The report adds to a significant body of evidence that physical punishment has a long-lasting impact on children’s health and behaviour. It calls on England and Northern Ireland to follow Scotland and Wales’s lead in granting children equal protection from violence.
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Date: 10th July 2020
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
Scottish Government published qualitative evidence on the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people experiencing domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls during March to May 2020.
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Date: 10th July 2020
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect
Zero Tolerance has published its Annual Report for 2019-20 which features the organisation’s highlights and success over the last year.
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Date: 12th February 2020
Category:
Equal protection from violence, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Parental responsibilities, Protection from abuse or neglect
On 28 January 2020, Members of the National Assembly for Wales voted 36 to 14 to approve the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill.
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Date: 12th February 2020
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, Family reunification, Care Experienced children, Protection from abuse or neglect
The 2019 Resolution on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 2019. The Resolution focuses specifically on children without parental care.
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Date: 30th July 2019
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect, Child justice system
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) released the figures on 25th July. They show that in the last year, 12,869 children and young people in Scotland were referred to the Children’s Reporter and 31,653 Children’s Hearings were held.
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Date: 15th July 2019
Category:
Children in situations of exploitation, Protection from abuse or neglect
Closing date 30th July 2019
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Date: 24th June 2019
Category:
Special protection measures, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Together is pleased to see the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill pass at Stage 2 in the Scottish Parliament on 20th June 2019.
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Date: 4th June 2019
Category:
Protection from abuse or neglect, Family Environment and Alternative Care
On Tuesday 28th May, MSPs overwhelmingly backed in principle a bill to give children equal protection from assault. MSPs voted by 80 to 29 in favour of the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, with only the Conservatives voting against, after its first stage debate.
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Date: 26th March 2019
Category:
Equal protection from violence, Restraint, Care Experienced children, Protection from abuse or neglect, Right to life, survival and development, Best interests of the child, UN Convention Against Torture (CAT)
Together has submitted a shadow report to the UN Committee against Torture for consideration as part of its 2019 review of the UK. This report highlights key concerns expressed by our members, and suggests recommendations the UN Committee could make to address these.
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Date: 5th March 2019
Category:
General measures of implementation, Training, Protection from abuse or neglect
Together has responded to a joint consultation by NHS Education Scotland and the Scottish Government on a new Trauma-informed Training Plan.
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Date: 26th February 2019
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, Domestic abuse, Protection from abuse or neglect
Closing date: Friday, 29th March 2019. The consultation seeks views on proposals to create new protective orders that could be used to keep people at risk of domestic abuse safe by banning perpetrators from their homes and on also seeks views on whether changes are needed to the current system of exclusion orders which allow a victim of domestic abuse to apply to suspend the right of their partner to live in the family home.
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