Protecting Refugees

Date: 11th January 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

This information pack covers a range of important topics, such as asylum-seekers and detention, refugees and social and economic inclusion, refugees and violence, internal displacement, forced returns and stateless persons.

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Getting It Right Practice Briefings

Date: 11th January 2011
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government's Getting it right for every child team has published a series of practice briefings for practitioners and managers involved in providing services for children and young people.

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Just Living

Date: 7th January 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

An exciting, new secondary school teaching resource to support the teaching of Citizenship and PSHE. Based on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the right to a decent standard of living - this thought provoking resource explores global citizenship and economic well-being.

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Human Rights and Equality in the Voluntary Sector

Date: 10th December 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Equality and Diversity Forum

This report is the result of a pilot project exploring how voluntary organisations that work in the equalities field are using human rights concepts, language and tools in their work.

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Report Card Nine: Children Left Behind

Date: 3rd December 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: UNICEF

Whether in health, in education, or in material well-being, some children will always fall behind the average. The critical question is - how far behind? Is there a point beyond which falling behind is not inevitable but policy susceptible, not unavoidable but unacceptable, not inequality but inequity?

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Under - age Sexual Activity - Meeting the Needs of Children and Young People and Identifying Child Protection Concerns

Date: 3rd December 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government's National Child Protection Guidance and the Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) approach provides a national framework for agencies and practitioners at local level to draw up and agree on their ways of working to promote the welfare and safety of children and young people.

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A guide for third sector organisations on International Human Rights

Date: 1st December 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: National Equality Partnership

This report explores how groups and individuals can use International Human Rights declarations and Human Rights law to challenge unfair decision making and to forge more collaborative ways of working in a pan-equality framework to extend the parameters of equality.

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State of Children’s Rights in England 2010

Date: 19th November 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation, UK 1st periodic review
Author: Children’s Rights Alliance for England

The State of Children's Rights in England is the first independent assessment of the coalition Government's record on children's human rights. This unique report brings together official statistics and research evidence relating to children's rights. It summarises budget announcements relating to children and families, as well as legal developments, over the past 12 months.

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Childline BSL videos

Date: 10th November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLine

You can now watch up to nine ChildLine videos which have been translated into British Sign Language (BSL). The videos tackle issues such as bullying, neglect or family relationships.

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Before Care

Date: 2nd November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children's Rights Director for England

Before Care, the latest report by Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, is a small but significant survey of 50 children, from different authorities across the country, who recently entered the care system. It provides first hand accounts of children's experiences before entering care and raises concerns about how ill informed and unprepared some children are when they come into care.

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