Jersey moves a step closer to UNCRC incorporation

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Incorporation

Jersey’s Council of Ministers has now approved the Draft Children’s (Convention Rights) Law 202- which means that the draft Law can be lodged and debated in the States Assembly.

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CRIN’s take on the climate decision

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has published its perspective on the recent decisions made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in its first climate change case.

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New report “Stop the War on Children: A Crisis of Recruitment”

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Armed conflict

The number of children living in conflicted regions has increased from 162 to 193 million children in just one year, which is the highest number in more than a decade and 20% rise from the previous year. Following these findings, this report examines the trends and issues these children face, and calls States to protect these children.

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Health and wellbeing of children and young people

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Closing date: 3 rd – 17 th January 2022 (depending on group)

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Right to Food (Scotland) Bill

Date: 16th December 2021
Category:

Closing date: 16 th February 2022

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How the new Scotland Human Rights Bill can better protect migrants’ human rights

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Together with Scottish Refugee Council, JustRight Scotland, PKAVS, Citizens Rights Project, BEMIS, Amnesty, & Forth Valley Migrant Support Network, HRCS has published a report with some recommendations around how the new Scotland Human Rights Bill can better protect migrants’ human rights.

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New report on reducing the poverty-related attainment gap

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Child poverty

The Poverty Alliance has published a new rapid evidence review which examines evidence on the effectiveness of mentoring and tutoring for children and young people living in poverty and provides an overview of the current policy and practice landscape in Scotland.

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Rise in rapes and sexual assaults on girls in the military

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Armed conflict

CRIN has recently worked on a Times article which reported that rape and sexual assault claims made by girls in the military under 18 years old have risen tenfold since 2015. Freedom of information requests show that 41 complaints of rape and sexual assault have been made to military police since 2015. With 215 girls serving in the military between 2015 and 2020, this is equivalent to 1 in 40 girls.

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New report calls for better handling of Child Criminal Exploitation

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Children in situations of exploitation

Barnardo’s has published a new report on the exploitation and criminalisation of children and young people, calling for The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to be strengthened.

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Commitment to mainstream children’s rights

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Following calls by Child Rights Connect, the UN Secretary General has expressed agreement that “a holistic child rights perspective must be reinforced across the United Nations system at a global, regional and local level”. Subsequently, a guidance note on mainstreaming children’s rights will be created.

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