COVID-19: Legal challenge raised to the Department of Education’s guidance for children’s social care services

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation, General principles

The University College London’s Integrated Legal Advice Clinic has launched a legal challenge regarding the recent COVID-19 guidance issued by the Department for Education which allows local authorities to depart from the usual statutory duties owed by children’s social services.

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COVID-19: Committee on the Rights of the Child issues statement and recommendations

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation, General principles

The Committee has urged countries to respect children’s rights when responding to the pandemic, noting that lockdown measures can have grave physical, emotional and psychological effects on children.

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COVID-19: Children’s voices and activism in times of COVID-19

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: General principles

World Vision conducted a consultation with 101 children and young people to help organisations better understand their experiences during the COVID-19 crisis; how they would like to contribute to stopping the spread of COVID-19; and how they can be supported, equipped, and encouraged.

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COVID-19: New guidance published on COVID-19 and the rights of disabled people

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General principles

The United Nations has produced guidance setting out the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people’s rights and daily lives. This has been produced as awareness of the attitudinal, environmental, and institutional barriers which disabled people may face can create a better response to COVID-19.

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COVID-19: Conducting a rapid research response to the pandemic

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles

UNICEF is conducting both short- and long-term research with the intention of using the findings to influence its practice and provide evidence to inform the work of other organisations.

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COVID-19: The importance of collecting data from children ethically

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles

COVID-19 continues to impact the lives of children in a variety of ways and collecting information can aid the response to the current and future pandemics. Despite the need to understand, quantify, forecast and track COVID-19, data collection without ethical consideration can lead to negative outcomes for children who need support. This discussion paper examines what considerations need to occur and why.

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Children’s views sought on new guide on the Universal Periodic Review

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Closing date: 31 st May 2020

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Inquiry into Government’s response to COVID-19: human rights implications

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles

Closing date: 22 nd July 2020

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Inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on equalities and human rights

Date: 1st May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles

Closing date: 1 st January 2021

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COVID-19: Together calls on MSPs to ensure children’s human rights are protected in crisis response

Date: 9th April 2020
Category: General principles

Together’s briefing acknowledged the unprecedented challenges for Scotland, the UK and wider world, but urged decision-makers to consider the human rights implications of emergency measures and the need to protect vulnerable children.

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