Legal challenge against TikTok

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Protection of privacy

Anne Longfield, former children’s commissioner for England, has launched a case against the video-sharing app, TikTok, alleging that it illegally collects the personal information of its users, most of whom are children and young people.

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Unfearties' Community Consultation

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Closing date: Ongoing

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Exploring the feasibility of a survey measuring child abuse in the UK

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Equal protection from violence

Closing date: 30 th April 2020

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New Plan for Immigration

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Closing date: 6 th May 2021

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Watch now: Panel discussion on children’s human rights, and community learning and development

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Community Learning and Development practitioners ask a children’s human rights panel on how they can put children’s rights at the heart of their practice.

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New briefing and report: the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people aged 10-17

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Mental health, COVID-19

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Just under 1 million food parcels given to children last year

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

COVID-19 has led to an increase in food insecurity for many and latest Trussell Trust figures show that the past year has seen a 33% increase in need for food banks.

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New tool: Positive discipline and alternatives to corporal punishment of children

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category: UN Convention Against Torture (CAT), Equal protection from violence

Commissioned by the Convention Against Torture Initiative , Child Rights Connect has developed a new Implementation Tool Publication on ‘Positive Discipline and Alternatives to Corporal Punishment of Children.’ The tool aims to answer questions and guide States and other stakeholders on what positive discipline looks like, as well as helping them better understand and implement their international human rights obligations.

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Together's recruiting a Development Manager (UNCRC implementation)

Date: 14th April 2021
Category:

We are seeking to recruit a Development Manager (UNCRC implementation), who will contribute to Together’s mission to inspire and enable everyone in Scotland to put children and young people’s human rights at the heart of everything they do in line with the Strategic Plan. The role will:

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UK Government challenges children's rights bill

Date: 13th April 2021
Category: Incorporation

The UK Government has decided to refer the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill to the Supreme Court on the basis that some aspects may exceed the powers of the Scottish Parliament.

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