New report: National Children’s Charter for school age childcare in Scotland

Date: 17th July 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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A Place in Childhood and Scottish Government worked together with children, co-designing a National Children's Charter for school age childcare.

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New research: Teenagers and public space

Date: 17th July 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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Discover the voices and perspectives of Scottish teenagers in APiC’s latest report, which delves into their needs and aspirations concerning public spaces. The findings centre around antisocial behaviour, the challenges faced by young people in their communities, and their innovative solutions.

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Key Principles for Climate Justice Litigation

Date: 17th July 2023
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
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Advancing Child Rights Strategic Litigation Practice project has produced a set of Key Principles for Climate Justice Litigation and accompanying child-friendly toolkits, highlighting the integration of child rights into strategic litigation practices. These principles serve as a guide for litigators and advocates working on climate justice child rights cases, covering everything from scoping and planning to implementation and extra-legal advocacy.

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New book for younger children: Let’s Explore our Rights

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland (CYPCS)

“Let’s Explore Our Rights” supports young children to learn about their human rights, aiming to support early years practitioners to spark first conversations about human rights with very young children.

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New UNCRC web-based resource

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: General measures of implementation
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A new UNCRC web-based resource is now available! Understanding Children's Human Rights: A Guide for Public Services in Scotland has been created by the Improvement Service in collaboration with Children's Parliament, Education Scotland and Together.

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Children’s views on AI – a new report from Children’s Parliament

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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Children’s Parliament , in partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and the Scottish AI Alliance, has been working with a group of children from across Scotland to find out how they interact with AI, what they think the possibilities and risks are for the use of AI for children in Scotland, and how they think children’s views and ideas should be included in AI development and policy making.

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New podcast: Let’s Talk About… babies’ rights in Scotland

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
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Starcatchers ' CEO Rhona Matheson chats children's rights and the progress of babies’ rights in Scotland with former Children's Commissioner, Bruce Adamson.

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First phase of Starcatchers' Voice of the Child research project published

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms
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Starcatchers has just published an executive summary of the findings of the first phase of its Voice of the Child research project, looking ahead to phase 2.

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Research launch: Child Rights Budgeting in Scotland - Recommendations for Fulfilment of Legal Obligations

Date: 29th May 2023
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: University of Edinburgh

Today, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s LLM in Human Rights Law, we are launching a timely report on Child Rights Budgeting (CRB), which will be an essential part of turning the aspirations of the UNCRC (Scotland) Bill into lived experience for children and young people across Scotland. In partnership with Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), students from the LLM in Human Rights Law have undertaken a comprehensive study to explore how children's rights can be effectively integrated into budgetary processes, drawing on international and domestic examples to identify successful legislative and policy approaches. By examining existing literature and addressing CRB issues head-on, this report offers invaluable insights to help the Scottish Government fulfil its forthcoming obligations under the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.

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New Report highlighting children and young people’s experiences of mental health

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Mental health
Author: see me

This latest report examines children and young people’s experiences of mental health stigma and discrimination. It focuses on the interactions between young people and adults, particularly parents and carers, teachers and health care professionals.

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