Our briefing to MSPs ahead of this Bill details the proposed amendments supported by our office.
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Consultation response: Scottish Sentencing Guidelines
The Commissioner’s office responds to this consultation.
Exams 2020: Letter to Deputy First Minister (17th August)
Letter to the Deputy First Minister on issues around 2020’s SQA results including the appeals process, university admissions, and acknowledging unfairness.
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UK Commissioners’ letter to Universities UK
Letter from the UK’s Children’s Commissioners asking UK universities to honour their offers to UK applicants made prior to 2020’s results.
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Exams 2020: Letter to Deputy First Minister (7 August 2020)
Our letter to Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP calls on him to confirm changes will be made so that the appeals process around exams becomes directly accessible to young people and centered on their individual attainment.
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Exams 2020: Letter to SQA
Our letter to the SQA calls on the organisation to make sure their appeals process is directly accessible to young people and centered on their attainment as individuals.
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Evidence to House of Lords Covid-19 Committee
Evidence to the House of Lords Committee on Covid-19.
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Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland
This independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment is a thorough analysis of how emergency laws and policies around the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the human rights of children and young people in Scotland.
It was undertaken by the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland, and the biggest Children’s Rights Impact Assessment in the world that’s been done on laws and policies passed in response to COVID-19.
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Children’s version: Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to COVID-19 in Scotland
This is a report about a children’s rights impact assessment – or CRIA – the Commissioner asked a group of children’s rights experts called the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland to do.
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Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 1
Physical health. Appendix 1 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on the physical health of children and young people.
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