UK responds to UN Committee report on children’s rights across the UK

Date: 16th March 2016
Category: UK 5th periodic review

As part of the current UK periodic review by the UN on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the UK Government has responded to a List of Issues. This is a list of questions that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child asks of UK governments in order to receive additional information to inform their review of the UK before an examination takes place later this year.

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European Semester 2016: Country reports published

Date: 16th March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

The European Commission has published its annual analysis of the economic and social challenges in the EU Member States; the so-called Country Reports. The reports are a tool to monitor policy reforms and to point to challenges that Member States should address.

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Lead the Way manifesto

Date: 14th March 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child

On 12th March 2016, the Scottish Youth Parliament Launched Lead the Way at their 59th National Sitting in Galashiels. The Manifesto has received 72,744 consultation responses from young people all over Scotland, and provides the Scottish Youth Parliament with an incredible mandate to represent the views of young people.

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Clan Childlaw intervene in Supreme Court proceedings

Date: 9th March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

A charity that gives legal help to children and young people in Scotland has intervened in the ongoing judicial review proceedings at the Supreme Court regarding Named Person provisions of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. The intervention called for the Supreme Court to redress the balance between the sharing of information and a child's right to privacy.

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'The rights of the child are as applicable online as offline'

Date: 7th March 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The annual day of discussion on the rights of the child at the UN on 8th March 2016 focused on information and communications technology (ICTs) and child sexual exploitation, with States attempting to understand and deepen cooperation on the issue.

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'Human Rights Protection in Scotland - Raising the Bar'

Date: 3rd March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation

On 3rd March 2016 the Jimmy Reid Foundation published a new policy paper on why Scotland must do better to respect, protect and fulfil human rights across devolved functions. The paper, written by Carole Ewart, recognises that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has not been incorporated into Scots Law despite a recommendation to do so by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Scottish Government paper on early learning and childcare

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Social security

The Scottish Government has issued a discussion paper for comments on plans for a £1 million programme of trials on flexible models of early learning and childcare.

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Rights, Remedies and Representation: A global report on access to justice for children

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Access to appropriate information

CRIN has shared its latest research report, Rights, Remedies and Representation: A global report on access to justice for children. The report is the result of a research project scrutinising how the legal systems of 197 countries empower children to realise their rights or perpetuate the rights violations that they should combat.

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Manifesto Maze launch

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child

CYPCS's new 'Manifesto Maze' was launched last week which outlines some of the barriers children and young people come up against when trying to exercise their rights.

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‘Read On Get On’ campaign petition

Date: 2nd March 2016
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In advance of the Scottish Parliament elections in May, the Read On. Get On. Coalition is calling for all political parties to make a manifesto commitment to ensure every child is reading well by the end of primary school, and to make this happen by 2025.

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