Open letter to the UN Secretary General ahead of the 2025 annual report on children and armed conflict

Date: 25th June 2025
Category: General measures of implementation

A group of non-governmental organisations, including CRIN, is calling on the United Nations Secretary-General to publish a full and accurate list of parties responsible for serious violations against children in conflict zones.

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Urgent Support Needed to Protect UN Human Rights Treaty System, Say Civil Society Organisations

Date: 25th June 2025
Category:

Civil society organisations, including Child Rights Connect, has issued a joint statement calling for urgent action to support the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies, which are facing a serious financial crisis.

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Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill

Date: 25th June 2025
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Closing date: 11 th July 2025

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Extended deadline! Share your views on draft General Comment 27

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation

Together has extended its call on members to contribute to our collective response to the current draft of the General Comment 27.

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Programme for Government 2025-26

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

The Scottish Government has presented the programme for government for 2025-26. This year’s release was brought forward, as First Minister John Swinney explained, to make sure Scotland is as ready as possible for an uncertain future.

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New campaign launched to encourage more foster carers in Scotland

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new national campaign has been launched by the Scottish Government to encourage more people to consider becoming foster carers. It’s titled Ordinary can be extraordinary for a child in foster care , the campaign aims to show how simple, everyday moments can make a big difference in a child’s life.

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Latest statistics show fewer children in care in Scotland

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government has published new statistics on children and young people in care, showing a small drop in the number of children being looked after.

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Children’s commissioners call for ban on legal assault of children in UK

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Commissioner Nicola Killean, alongside other Children’s commissioners from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, is urging Westminster to ensure that all children across the UK receive the same legal protection from assault as adults.

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Save the Children urges UK Government to tackle high rise in child poverty

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

At the request of the UK Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce, Save the Children gathered views from children, families, and local workers as part of its No Limits to Childhood campaign .

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Call to raise age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: Special protection measures, General principles, General measures of implementation

Invisible Traffick is calling for the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland to be raised from 10 to 16, arguing that criminalising young children fails to protect them and ignores the reality of child exploitation.

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