Eurochild annual report and achievements 2024

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

This annual report by Eurochild highlights its key achievements throughout 2024 in promoting and protecting children’s rights across Europe.

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Nearly every child in Gaza is facing starvation

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

More than 93% of children in Gaza, around 930,000 are now at serious risk of famine, according to Save the Children. New figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global authority on hunger, reveal a worsening food crisis in the region.

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Together congratulates newly elected officeholders of the UN Committee

Date: 27th May 2025
Category:

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (‘UN Committee’) has recently held an election for new officeholders. Below is a list of the elected members:

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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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