Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: Children in Scotland

‘Activate your rights’ is a resource pack that aims to  raise children and young people’s awareness of their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Its launch comes as Scotland moves to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Training, Incorporation, Awareness-raising
Author:

Licketyspit has created some Lickety-tips for adults working with children which highlight the importance of children being included in decisions which affect them and adults engaging with children in a meaningful way.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Training, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Starcatchers has developed a suite of resources and online events to help early years professionals put arts and creativity at the heart of practice.

Date: 29th October 2019
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Incorporation
Author: Equality and Human Rights Commission

The Human Rights Treaty Tracker is a searchable online tool for civil society organisations, academics, parliamentarians, legal professionals and anyone with an interest in human rights to learn about the UK’s international human rights obligations, and to track how the UK Government is performing against them.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Awareness-raising, Training, General measures of implementation
Author: Child Rights Connect

The guide describes why and how stakeholders can work with children to adapt the existing child-friendly version of the UNCRC so that it is understood by the children in the relevant context.

Date: 18th December 2018
Category: Awareness-raising, Child rights impact assessments
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF has launched a new digital platform in partnership with the Global Child Forum which aims to help businesses assess the impacts of their work on the lives of children and provide guidance on how to integrate children’s rights into company practices and procedures.  

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Awareness-raising, Incorporation
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland has published its Annual Report for 2017-18 covering Bruce Adamson’s first year as Commissioner.

Date: 8th August 2017
Category: Awareness-raising, General principles, Respect for the views of the child, Training, Incorporation
Author: Coram International

Unlocking Children's Rights is an innovative training resource, which has been successfully piloted across Europe.

Date: 29th June 2017
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: UNICEF UK

Unicef UK have launched a competition to design a rights-based game Unicef's Child Rights Launchpad that can be played in the classroom, playground, or sports hall.

Date: 13th February 2017
Category: Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation, General principles, Incorporation
Author: Together

Please note that this resource has been moved to its own page on the Together site, accessible here.

Date: 7th February 2017
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: Scottish Government

The UNCRC booklet is aimed at children and young people under the age of eighteen and provides details of the rights they are entitled to under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Date: 29th November 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: Scottish Government

The Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland's office has several free copies of a booklet explaining the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to children and young people.

Date: 20th September 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: CYPCS

The Golden Rules Symbols packs produced by the Office of the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland are now back in stock, and the office have also created a 7 Golden Rules Planning and Reflection tool.

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author:

People under 18 have human rights, just like everyone else. What are these rights, and how are they protected in Scotland?

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author:

The Commissioner's office currently has several copies of a free booklet exploring the rights of children and young people.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: UNICEF UK

The Child Rights Launchpad has a new face, designed to take children and young people in Scotland on an exciting journey to explore their rights.

Date: 26th April 2016
Category: Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation
Author:

This new resource from CYPCS is aimed at young people in order to inform them of their rights, as set out by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Awareness-raising, Education, including vocational education, Training
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland have launched a new improvement hub to support learning from early years onwards.

Date: 16th February 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Awareness-raising
Author: Police Scotland

This new video from Police Scotland provides information on Stop and Search and details of what members of the public can expect and their rights if they are stopped and searched.

Date: 29th September 2015
Category: Awareness-raising, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General principles
Author: UNICEF UK

A Unicef UK Rights Respecting School is a community where children's rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted. Children and young people and the school community learn about children's rights by putting them into practice every day. Unicef have recently launched a new Rights Respecting Schools website, as well as a new Scotland-specific resource called the Child Rights Launchpad.