Date: 12th February 2019
Category: Equal protection from violence, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect, Parental guidance, General measures of implementation, Best interests of the child

The States of Jersey has voted to repeal a section of a law which allowed smacking by a parent if it was deemed "reasonable" making it illegal.

Date: 12th February 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Access to appropriate information, Family reunification, Care Experienced children, Protection from abuse or neglect, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Awareness-raising, Best interests of the child, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) have created a factsheet for social workers and any professional protecting children on the impact Brexit may have on children and families who are crossing, or separated by, international boarders living in the UK.

Date: 4th February 2019
Category: UN Convention Against Torture (CAT), Protection from abuse or neglect, Equal protection from violence, Restraint, Domestic abuse

Together will be submitting a shadow report as part of the UN Committee against Torture 2019 Review of the UK. We want to hear from our members about their key concerns so these can be reflected in the report. 

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Domestic abuse

Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF)’s annual campaign 19 Days of Activism for prevention of violence against children and youth 1-19 November began on the 1st November 2018, with over 40 coalition member organisations joining their call to action.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Equal protection from violence, Protection from abuse or neglect, Parental responsibilities

On Friday 6th September 2018, John Finnie, MSP, announced that the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill has been lodged and published in Scottish Parliament.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Optional protocol on a communications procedure, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded that Denmark’s decision to deport a child at risk from female genital mutilation (FGM) is a violation of the child’s human rights.

Date: 28th August 2018
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Scottish Government is seeking views on potential changes to the criminal offence of cruelty to children and what constitutes child abuse and neglect

Date: 12th December 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

NSPCC Scotland has published a research report, 'The Right to Recover: Therapeutic services for children and young people following sexual abuse'. The title is a reference to Article 39 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Date: 12th December 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

The Scottish Government has published multi-agency guidance on responding to FGM. The guidance provides a framework within which agencies and practitioners can develop and agree processes for working collaboratively and individually to promote the safety and wellbeing of women and girls.

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect

This seminar looks at current dimensions of women's inequality and links them up with constraints on women's and children's space for action.

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect

Scottish Government have published a Delivery Plan to support Equally Safe, Scotland's Strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls, which was published in 2014 and updated in 2016.

Date: 16th October 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

In the 2016 State of Children's Rights report, Together highlighted member concerns around the link between children missing from school and practices such as early marriage. Recently, the BBC have reported on the many children missing across Scotland's local authorities.

Date: 8th August 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Figures from the NSPCC report a rise in the number of forced marriage counselling sessions for children as young as 13. The number of children attending counselling sessions has nearly quadrupled in five years.

Date: 12th July 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

NSPCC have published their 'How safe are our children?' report for 2017 which compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the four nations of the UK.

Date: 22nd March 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Rape Crisis Scotland has launched a new campaign set to challenge and change common misconceptions that there is a right or wrong way for people to react during or after a rape.

Date: 6th March 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Emotional abuse and neglect of children will be a criminal offence under new legislation announced by the Childcare and Early Years Minister, Mark McDonald.

Date: 20th February 2017
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

The NSPCC have reported that there were more than 1,400 calls made to the NSPCC's helpline over the last three years by people in Scotland concerned about alcohol, drug or other substance abuse around children.

Date: 23rd August 2016
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

The Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII) supports programmes of knowledge exchange which address and provide insight on substantial issues that face Scotland and the wider world. This programme and subsequent report explores the critical arts approach to combat the impact of neglect.

Date: 8th December 2015
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

CPC Scotland promotes policy and best practice for the protection of children across Scotland. It plays a leading role in the development and promotion of agreed common standards and effective procedures. The group informs national child protection policy, working alongside the Scottish Government in order to make a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people.

Date: 8th December 2015
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

"Neglect is a complex issue but art can help, so let it" - this was one of the key messages to come out of the first of four Scottish Universities Insight Institute funded seminar sessions organised by WithScotland and the University of Dundee, exploring how arts-based techniques can be used in research and practice when interacting with neglected children.