The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Children and Young People

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
Author: Scottish Government

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Children & Young People provides details of the 42 Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in a child and young people friendly manner.

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Human rights explained in a two-minute animation

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author: Rights Info

This excellent new resource encapsulates what human rights are, why we have them, the history of human rights and how they are now under attack. The animation was designed to make human rights understandable and accessible to all.

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Children’s judicial proceedings animated film series

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: Access to appropriate information, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

In the context of their work in the area of children and justice, FRA has recently published a series of animation films about rights that children should enjoy when being involved in judicial proceedings.

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10 Years of GUS – new publications

Date: 13th October 2015
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, General principles
Author: Growing Up in Scotland study

On the 6th October 2015, GUS held an anniversary event to celebrate 10 years of GUS and to reflect on what research findings have shown. Two reports have been published; the first on key messages to tackle inequalities in the early years, the second on comparing the circumstances and experiences of children living in Scotland.

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Report drawn from consultation of children on investment in their rights

Date: 13th October 2015
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Child Rights Connect

The 2015 Centre for Children's Rights, Queen's University Belfast partnered with the Child Rights Connect Working Group on Investment in Children to conduct a consultation of how children think that governments should invest in their rights. In the end, almost 2,700 children from more than 70 countries were involved through surveys and interviews.

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Children and young people ‘Looked after at home’ in Scotland

Date: 6th October 2015
Category: Looked after children
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

CELCIS has published a series of reports exploring the unique issues for children and young people looked after at home in Scotland.

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Unicef launches new Rights Respecting Schools Award websites

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.

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National Care Leavers Week Scotland 2015

Date: 29th September 2015
Category: Awareness-raising, Looked after children
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

National Care Leavers Week is fast approaching! It will be a week-long celebration of the contributions of Care Leavers Across Scotland. This year's theme is 'Looking to the future'.

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Better Movers and Thinkers

Date: 10th September 2015
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Education Scotland

The Better Movers and Thinkers (BMT) Resource on the Education Scotland website introduces an approach to learning and teaching in Physical Education to develop the ability of all children and young people to move and think in a more cohesive way.

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Playing Together: youth work and play work

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Youthlink Scotland

The YouthLink Scotland Policy Forum has been working to explore the commonalities in national policy for youth work and play. They have prepared a briefing paper and are requesting YouthLink Scotland members to share their experiences.

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