Blog: Monitoring the civil & political rights of children

Date: 19th August 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Diego Quiroz (SHRC) outlines recent UN International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR) recommendations relating to children & next steps for advancement.

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#TellTheUN about your rights in Scotland

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Are you a child or young person living in Scotland? The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child wants to hear your views about your rights & growing up in Scotland.

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Life in Scotland – Have YOUR Say!

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

A special Glow TV event will be taking place on 3rd September, as UN Committee member Amal Aldoseri visits Scotland to find out more about children's rights in Scotland. What do the children you teach think about life in Scotland?

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Report on the coordination and cooperation of integrated child protection systems

Date: 18th August 2015
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The 9th European Forum on the Rights of the Child took place in June 2015 and aimed to foster the exchange of good practices, to facilitate connections at inter-sectoral and inter-agency level (both nationally and transnationally), and to promote more effective cooperation and coordination in integrated child protection systems. A report of the Forum is now available.

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Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Date: 12th August 2015
Category: Child justice system, Age of criminal responsibility

This consultation paper sets out specific proposals to reform the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to allow more people with previous criminal activity to be able to move away from their past offending behaviour and to reduce the length of time most people will have to disclose their previous criminal activity.

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UN Human Rights Committee recommends repeal of ‘justifiable assault’ defence

Date: 4th August 2015
Category: Equal protection from violence, Age of criminal responsibility

The UN Human Rights Committee has published its recommendations (Concluding Observations) to the UK on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which include equal protection from assault and raising the age of criminal responsibility.

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Lack of awareness of UNCRC amongst minority ethnic children, says roshni

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Non-discrimination, Awareness-raising

Findings from a research project seeking the views of minority ethnic children and young people have been published in a Children's Rights Report, which contains a number of recommendations including for more work to be done to raise awareness and understanding of the UNCRC and the Children's Commissioner.

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CYP Act Guidance needs to give more prominence to child rights

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: General principles, General measures of implementation

Government analysis of responses to draft Statutory Guidance for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act refers to the need for a rights-based approach.

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Concern over small percentage of mental health budget spent on children

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Mental health, Health and health services

Findings that only 0.45% of NHS Scotland expenditure on mental health in 2013-14 was on child and adolescent health has raised concern & a call for rebalance.

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Lead the Way: the Scottish Youth Parliament's manifesto consultation 2016-2021

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Scottish Youth Parliament has launched a consultation entitled ' Lead the Way ' which seeks to gather the views of thousands of young people across Scotland to develop a 2016 - 2021 Youth Manifesto.

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