Glasgow City Council signs partnership with UNICEF

Date: 28th November 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

On 20th November Glasgow City Council signed a partnership with UNICEF UK to become a Child Rights Partner along with 5 other local authorities across the UK.

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South Sudanese Parliament passes bill ratifying UNCRC

Date: 28th November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

South Sudan is on the way to becoming the next State to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), with the country's Parliament passing a bill to that effect in November 2013.

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Welcoming new Trustees to Together

Date: 25th November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Together welcomes 3 new and 2 returning Trustees to the Board of Together, who were elected at Together's AGM on 23rd September 2013.

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Universal Children’s Day 2013

Date: 23rd November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

On 20th November each year, Governments and organisations around the world come together to observe Universal Children's Day, marking the day on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and later the UNCRC in 1989.

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Together responds to draft UK UNCRC periodic report

Date: 22nd November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The UK is due to submit its next (fifth) periodic report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in early in 2014, and Together responded to the call for views on the draft report.

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State of Children's Rights in Scotland report 2013

Date: 21st November 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The State of Children's Rights report 2013 is a non-government review on the extent to which children in Scotland are able to enjoy their rights enshrined in the UNCRC.

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EU programme for promoting children’s rights is adopted

Date: 20th November 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

A Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme has been adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, with a number of aims including to promote the rights of the child.

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Volunteering Support Fund

Date: 19th November 2013
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Come and meet the Voluntary Action Fund's Volunteering Team at one of a series of road shows during December 2013 to find out about how the Volunteering Support Fund could help your organisation recruit additional volunteers and improve how they are supported.

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'Before you give advice, get some': respectme campaign

Date: 18th November 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

This year's respect me campaign looks at the consequences of giving children and young people bad advice when they're being bullied, and is aimed at making adults think before giving children and young people advice about bullying behaviour.

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Stage 1 report on Children and Young People Bill

Date: 14th November 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

The Education and Culture Committee has published its Stage 1 report on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

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