Medical associations oppose corporal punishment

Date: 8th August 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Child health experts from Australia and New Zealand have launched a campaign to overturn laws allowing parents to use physical punishment against children in the name of discipline.

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UN launches major campaign on LGBT rights

Date: 8th August 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The UN has launched a 12-month public education campaign designed to raise awareness of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination, and to foster respect for the human rights of LGBT people.

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Young Start Fund 2013

Date: 5th August 2013
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Young Start is a grants programme that distributes money from dormant bank accounts and aims to create opportunities for children and young people aged between 8 and 24 to help them realise their potential.

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SHRC submission – Children and Young People Bill Stage 1

Date: 2nd August 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has called on the Scottish Government to strengthen human rights protection as they consider new legislation on children's rights.

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CEDAW Committee's Concluding Observations to the UK

Date: 31st July 2013
Category: Non-discrimination, General measures of implementation

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has published its concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Children and Young People Bill falls short, warns SHRC

Date: 29th July 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Responding to the call for written evidence on the recently launched Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) said proposed duties on ministers regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) failed to go far enough.

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Together's Stage 1 evidence on the Children and Young People Bill

Date: 26th July 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Together has submitted its response to the Education and Culture Committee's call for written evidence on the general principles of the Children and Young People Bill.

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UK Government intend to stop routine strip searches on young offenders

Date: 25th July 2013
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The UK Government has announced that it intends to end the practice of routinely strip-searching young offenders upon first arrival at youth offender institutions, the Howard League for Penal Reform announced in June 2013.

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CEDAW 55th session: state report for the UK

Date: 25th July 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) held its 55th session from 8th to 26th July 2013 and the UK state report is now available.

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European Network for Children of Imprisoned Parents (Eurochips): final COPING report

Date: 24th July 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

European Network for Children of Imprisoned Parents (Eurochips) has announced the official launch of the COPING Research Final Report.

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