The Route Map to a Rights Respecting Scotland

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

All children and young people must have all their human rights respected, all of the time. We are supporting the development of the Rights route map, which will outline the steps currently underway and where further action is needed to deliver the promise from now until 2030.

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The Children are Now

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Awareness-raising, Respect for the views of the child, Recreation, play and cultural activities

The Children are Now is themed around 'the relationship of children to the key challenges that we face today'. Artwork featured includes films, paintings, and other forms of art, some made in collaboration with children and young people and others made to represent the child's experience. The exhibition is running from the 28 th October 2025 to the 7 th February 2026. In the gallery, people from anywhere and of all ages can see the powerful messages that children across Scotland helped create, alongside artworks by famous artists, showing just how important children’s ideas are in shaping our world.

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CELCIS Christmas Card Competition 2025

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

CELCIS is inviting school-aged children and young people (up to the age of 18) with care experience (for example, foster care, kinship care, residential care, secure care or adoption) in Scotland to design their Christmas Card to help spread some festive cheer. The winning design will be used for CELCIS Christmas eCard and will wing its way across the world by email, carrying seasonal greetings to thousands of people.

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British Red Cross report on Refugee Family Reunion

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Family reunification

The British Red Cross has released a powerful new report, “I Returned to Life,” highlighting why the UK’s refugee family reunion process must remain open and accessible. With the future of this vital protection route uncertain, the report underscores how reuniting families offers safety, stability, and hope to those rebuilding their lives after conflict and persecution. The Red Cross warns that proposed government changes—such as financial, language, or residence requirements—could make family reunion almost impossible, worsening risks for children and families while undermining integration.

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Migrant’s Rights Network ‘Not a Stranger’ Survey

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

This initiative forms part of MRN's Not a Stranger campaign, a grassroots, migrant-led movement responding to a wave of increasingly hostile government proposals and political rhetoric that make it harder for migrants to build stable lives in the UK.

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The UN liquidity crisis and UN80 reforms: why children’s rights must stay at the heart of change

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Funding, General principles

The UN is facing a deepening liquidity crisis that is already affecting how its core human rights bodies operate. The shortfall has forced several treaty bodies, including the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), to cancel or reduce sessions. This means fewer opportunities for children and civil society to take part in the monitoring process, longer delays in reviewing States’ progress, and fewer avenues for children to seek justice when their rights are violated.

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Religious Observance and UNCRC Amendment Bill: next steps for children’s rights

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, General measures of implementation

The Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill continues to move through Parliament, with Stage 1 expected to conclude by 28 November. The Bill covers two main areas: children’s right to be withdrawn from Religious Observance (RO) and Religious and Moral Education (RME), and technical changes to how the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 operates.

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The Children’s Plan: Vision for Care

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Care Experienced children, Respect for the views of the child, Best interests of the child

In her report, the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza highlights that while education reforms have raised standards for many, the most vulnerable children, those in care or facing major life challenges, are still being left behind. Drawing on findings from her recent School Census, she notes that schools are increasingly concerned about the lack of support from wider services. The Commissioner calls for ambitious, joined-up reform across education, health, and social care to ensure every child receives the care, stability, and opportunities they deserve. “Children in care must no longer be an afterthought,” she urges, emphasizing the need for bold action and a shared national vision that puts children’s voices at the heart of change.

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CRC Committee finds France responsible for grave and systematic violations of unaccompanied migrant Children’s Rights

Date: 11th November 2025
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

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Resource for Involving Children and Young People in Decision-making

Date: 20th October 2025
Category: Respect for the views of the child

This resource provides pathways to follow that may help professionals as well as anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of appropriate inclusion of children and young people in decision-making processes.

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