Call for comments on Committee on the Rights of the Child Draft revised General Comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice

Date: 16th November 2018
Category: General Comments, Age of criminal responsibility

Closing date: 8 th January 2019

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Consultation on Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill

Date: 16th November 2018
Category: Equal protection from violence

Closing date: 25 th January 2019

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Consultation on Scottish Hate Crime Legislation

Date: 16th November 2018
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Closing date: 24 th February 2019

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Together endorses national pledge to life-enhancing outdoor play

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Together has joined 50 individuals and organisations in signing a National Position Statement to make playing and learning outdoors an everyday activity for Scotland’s children and young people. The statement asserts the health, wellbeing and educational benefits of playing and learning outdoors and commits signatories to help widen access to natural and communal spaces and to enriching urban spaces for children and families to play in.

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Together joins Who Cares? Scotland and friends for Care Experience Week’s #LoveRally

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Care Experienced children, Awareness-raising, Incorporation

Together was proud to walk alongside hundreds of people in Glasgow as part of Who Cares? Scotland’s Love Rally on Friday 26 th October 2018 which called for a lifetime of equality, respect and love for care experienced people.

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New Report - The Irish Children’s Rights Referendum

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: General measures of implementation

Together is pleased to share this report produced by Camilla Bonifai, Together’s work-based placement student from the University of Edinburgh , which explores the Irish Children’s Rights Referendum.

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#Choose Respect - Anti-Bullying Week 2018

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Bullying

Anti-Bullying Week takes place from the 12 th – 16 th November 2018 and this year, the theme is #ChooseRespect. Together’s member Respectme are inviting organisations to get involved with this campaign towards respect and positive relationships.

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New website showcases what Brexit means for civil society

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Brexit Civil Society Alliance has launched a new website which aims to provide accessible, up-to-date resources on what Brexit means for civil society and showcase what Brexit work civil society is doing.

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Combating child poverty across Europe: an issue of fundamental rights

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Child poverty

Child poverty is an issue of fundamental rights and legally binding obligations for EU Member States and EU institutions, concludes the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in its latest report. As Michael O’Flaherty , Director of the Agency for Fundamental Rights, has stated in response to the launch of the report:

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Michel Forst presents 2018 Report at UN General Assembly

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

On 23rd October 2018, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Michel Forst presented at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, marking the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

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