International Human Rights Day 2013

Date: 10th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Human Rights Day is held on 10th December every year, the date the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaiming its principles as the "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations".

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Consultation on proposal for a Human Trafficking (Scotland) Bill

Date: 8th December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Scottish Labour's Jenny Marra MSP lodged a consultation on a proposal for new anti-human trafficking legislation for Scotland on 9th September 2013 and the deadline for responses has been extended to 6th January 2014.

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Research reveals children’s views on contact with parents in domestic abuse cases

Date: 6th December 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

More than half (55 per cent) of children whose parents go to court in disputes over contact where there are also allegations of domestic abuse, did not want any contact with their non-resident parent. In most instances this meant they did not want contact with their father, according to research published today by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.

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Bulletin on Business and Children

Date: 1st December 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Issue 7 of the "Quarterly Bulletin on Business and Children" was published in December 2013, which aims to draw global attention to the many ways in which companies impact children's rights, both positively and negatively.

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Glasgow City Council signs partnership with UNICEF

Date: 28th November 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

On 20th November Glasgow City Council signed a partnership with UNICEF UK to become a Child Rights Partner along with 5 other local authorities across the UK.

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South Sudanese Parliament passes bill ratifying UNCRC

Date: 28th November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

South Sudan is on the way to becoming the next State to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), with the country's Parliament passing a bill to that effect in November 2013.

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Welcoming new Trustees to Together

Date: 25th November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Together welcomes 3 new and 2 returning Trustees to the Board of Together, who were elected at Together's AGM on 23rd September 2013.

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Universal Children’s Day 2013

Date: 23rd November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

On 20th November each year, Governments and organisations around the world come together to observe Universal Children's Day, marking the day on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and later the UNCRC in 1989.

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Together responds to draft UK UNCRC periodic report

Date: 22nd November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The UK is due to submit its next (fifth) periodic report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in early in 2014, and Together responded to the call for views on the draft report.

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State of Children's Rights in Scotland report 2013

Date: 21st November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The State of Children's Rights report 2013 is a non-government review on the extent to which children in Scotland are able to enjoy their rights enshrined in the UNCRC.

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