Qualifications for teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments

Date: 27th May 2025
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Closing date: 4 th July 2025

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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Date: 1st May 2025
Category: Child rights impact assessments, Best interests of the child, Respect for the views of the child, Incorporation, Policy and strategy

Together is pleased to be one of more than 110 organisations backing a joint parliamentary briefing ahead of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Second Reading in the House of Lords on 1 May.

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Human rights for anti-racism in education

Date: 1st May 2025
Category: Inclusive education, Education, including vocational education

The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) has developed a new online resource exploring the links between anti-racism and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This free, accessible resource supports teachers and educators in embedding anti-racist principles into their everyday practice. It connects human rights education with practical approaches to tackling racial inequality.

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Share your views on draft General Comment 27

Date: 1st May 2025
Category: Child justice system, Child victims and witnesses

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is currently inviting feedback on the draft of General Comment No. 27, focusing on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. This is a significant opportunity to influence international standards and ensure children’s voices are heard in justice systems around the world.

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Views sought for new UNCRC optional protocol

Date: 1st May 2025
Category: General Comments

Closing date: 18 th May (for organisations) and 8 th June 2025 (children’s submissions)

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Month of the Military Child: The Voices of forces children in Wee People, Big Feelings, Helensburgh

Date: 1st May 2025
Category: Children in armed forces families

Starcatchers’ newly-appointed Co-Chief Executive, Heather Armstrong has drafted a blog in celebration of babies, children and young people in forces families.

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Humanist Society Scotland is raising funds for a legal opinion on the Scottish Government’s religious observance plans

Date: 1st May 2025
Category: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Incorporation

The Scottish Government introduced a new Bill to parliament on 30 th April 2025. The Bill proposes certain changes around the process for withdrawing pupils from religious observance.

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It’s Membership May!

Date: 30th April 2025
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Tomorrow begins a new month and we are delighted to officially launch our new campaign throughout May called Membership May…including a competition!

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Help us keep children’s #RightsOnTrack!

Date: 30th April 2025
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, General measures of implementation

As part of our #RightsOnTrack campaign, Together is gathering real-life examples of how children’s rights are being upheld - or not - in communities across Scotland. These insights are crucial for helping us track progress, identify gaps, and understand how things are changing over time.

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Rights Empowered: Children’s Access to Justice Project

Date: 30th April 2025
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Together and Clan Childlaw are delighted to announce that we are beginning our three-year project, funded through the Human Rights Fund, which will both support the children’s sector to use informal means to challenge decision making and will establish a new collaborative model to use strategic litigation to address systemic UNCRC rights breaches in Scotland.

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