We responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on raising the age of referral to Children’s Hearings to include all children under the age of 18, including those in conflict with
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January 2021. We’ve sent MSPs a briefing asking them to support this Bill at Stage 1, suggesting ways it can be improved at Stage 2 and asking them to make sure Incorporation happens as soon as possible.
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January 2021. Our briefing makes it clear that children in Scotland must be protected from being used as a covert human intelligence source (CHIS).
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January 2021. Letter from UK Children’s Commissioners urging the JCVI to include teachers and teaching staff in vaccination priority lists.
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Download UK Commissioners’ Letter to JCVIWe submitted Stage 1 evidence on this bill to the Education and Skills Committee at the Scottish Parliament on 9 December 2020
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Download Transitions Bill 200120 FINALDecember 2020. Our office has submitted a response to a Call for Input from the UN Human Rights Office Report on Child Rights and the Sustainable Development goals.
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Download Response to call for inputsDecember 2020.The Commissioner wrote to John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 22 December 2020, outlining the support children will need to ensure their rights are realised while schools are closed to most children.
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December 2020. Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its reporting cycle on the UK, setting out 30 issues around children’s human rights upon which the UK and devolved governments need to take action.
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The Children and Young People’s version of the UK Commissioners’ report to the UN.
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Download “Are We There Yet?”
Summary of the children and young people’s version of the UK Commissioners’ report to the UN.
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