Revised Religious Observance guidance for schools falls short of UN recommendation

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Together has concerns that the revised guidance still falls short of fulfilling the recommendation from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Emoji card pilot to help children have their say

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child

A new way for children and young people to engage during Children's Hearings is being trialled in two areas of central Scotland from April. Emoji cards will be available as an aid to help children and young people express themselves more fully during Children's Hearing's in Falkirk and Livingston.

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Launch of Care Review website

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Care Experienced children

Fiona Duncan, Chair of the care review, has launched a temporary website with further information about plans for how the initial stages of the review will operate.

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Prevent receives just 16 referrals from Scottish schools in two years

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Non-discrimination, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Figures from TES show that schools have made 16 out of 131 referrals to Prevent since the duty - which imposes a legal requirement on teachers to report suspected extremist behaviour to the authorities - was introduced in Scotland in April 2015.

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‘A third of Scottish children’ have experienced racism

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Non-discrimination, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

More than a third of children in Scotland experience racism, according to figures from Show Racism the Red Card. The charity, which delivers anti-racism education, says 37% of children and young people say they have been targeted - an increase of 19% from last year.

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Hundreds of 'restraint injuries' at special schools

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Restraint, Disabled children, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Hundreds of children have been injured while being physically restrained in special schools, according to figures obtained by Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to Local Authorities. The figures revealed at least 731 injuries in the past three years.

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Successful intervention in Supreme Court case regarding offences committed as a child

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Child justice system, Protection of privacy

The Supreme Court has ruled that Scottish law on sexual offences committed against children is not compatible with the right to private life.

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Scottish Human Rights recommendations for 2017 UPR

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

The UPR is a way of holding countries to account for their compliance with international human rights laws and standards.

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Human Rights and Business 2017: Promoting responsibility and ensuring accountability

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: General measures of implementation

Legislation and enforcement need to be improved to ensure adequate protection of workers' human rights, a report published by the Joint Committee on Human Rights has found.

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Child Participation Strategy endorsed

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child

For the first time, children and young people facilitated discussions at the Eurochild Members' Day to gather views on the Child Participation Strategy, which was formally endorsed the following day at the General Assembly in Brussels.

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