Covid-19 threatens progress to eradicate child labour

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Children in situations of exploitation, COVID-19

2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour but the COVID-19 pandemic threatens two decades worth of progress and places millions of children at risk. In a recent article, anti-child labour organisations and advocates discuss what it will take to tackle child labour effectively.

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Call for children’s views on their rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: COVID-19

Closing date: 31 st January 2021

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Children and young people’s views on human rights incorporation needed!

Date: 11th January 2021
Category: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Policies & procedures, Incorporation

The Scottish Government wants to write a new human rights law for Scotland, and has created a National Taskforce to support its work. The Taskforce wants to know what children and young people think about this!

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Together submits report to UN Committee

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The report highlights 30 key issues for children in Scotland and will inform the initial stages of the UK’s next review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Launch of Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe’s report

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Funding, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Panel launched its new report - ‘Young Brexit Voices: It’s Our Future Too’ – on 9 th December 2020. It looks at what impact leaving the EU might have on children and young people and sets out their recommendations for what needs to happen next.

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New report on child rights-based budgeting

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Incorporation, Budgeting

Together was joined over summer 2020 by Sara Helgesson, an LLM Human Rights candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Sara spent three months completing a research placement on child rights-based budgeting. Today, we are delighted to publish her dissertation which presents her findings.

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Summary of evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of children and young people

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: COVID-19, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This is the fourth evidence summary on the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of children and families in Scotland. The summary focuses upon newer Scottish studies relating to children and families living in poverty; black and minority ethnic young people; and families impacted by disability. It draws on wider UK research where necessary.

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Review of the UN human rights treaty body system published

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The review considers the effectiveness of the UN human rights treaty body system and makes recommendations on how the system could be further strengthened and enhanced.

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Youth climate challenge reaches European Court of Human Rights

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Non-discrimination, Right to life, survival and development, Respect for the views of the child

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered 33 European governments to respond to a landmark climate action lodged by six youth campaigners.

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Equalities and Human Rights Commission submits report to the UN on children’s rights in Great Britain

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The report is part of the monitoring of the UK Government’s implementation of rights set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report looks at the state of children’s rights and makes recommendations for change.

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