Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
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Last Seen Profiles
It's official: the UNCRC is being written into Scots law!
It's an incredible day for children and young people, and an incredible achievement, too.
THANK YOU to all the
#HumanRightsDefenders
who helped make this happen.
Thank you for making
#UNCRCScotland
a reality.
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UNCRC Incorporation is a massive thing for children and young people, and we wanted to mark it in a special way.
So we commissioned
@Lenniesaurus
to write a richts poyum for the bairns and birds of Scotland 🧒🐦
#UNCRCScotland
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There have been numerous media reports and online discussion on the breakdown of a child’s adoption. While support for adoptive families is a legitimate children’s rights issue, the Commissioner is concerned about the child’s anonymity and right to privacy. 1/2
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👋 Meet Nicola Killean, 🏴 new Children & Young People’s Commissioner. Her first message is to children and young people. Their views are at the ❤️ of our work – stay tuned for more info on how you can support them to inform our plans.
Story:
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Several people have commented on how great it is to see so many children and young people inside the UN. The group of 17 young human rights defenders from Scotland is the biggest delegation here today!
@UNGeneva
@antonioguterres
#DGD2018
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Commissioner has written to
@Ofgem
questioning the decision to raise the energy price cap without properly considering impact on children. More families in🏴will be pushed into poverty & destitution with devastating consequences. Letter & media release:
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When we worked with
@scotwomensaid
, we asked children and young people to tell us what qualities a great children's advocate would have.
We then produced this image based on what they said— contact us if you'd like to order some postcard-sized copies.
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This is a landmark day: the right to sibling contact is now part of Scots law! 🎉
It's a step long called for by our office and others, because a sibling relationship is a special relationship. All care-experienced children should be able to share family life.
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Every girl has the right to be heard.
To stand up for what she believes in.
To
#ChooseToChallenge
the adults she knows are wrong.
And when
#UNCRCIncorporation
happens, it will put that right into Scots law.
That’s something to celebrate on
#InternationalWomensDay
.
#IWD2021
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We’re thrilled the UNCRC Bill has been given Royal Assent ✅
Children & young people have led the campaign for UNCRC incorporation in Scotland & we can now look ahead to children’s rights being enshrined in law, policy and practice. Next step, implementation!
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Today the
@scotparl
has announced its nomination of
@NicolaKillean
as the next Children and Young People’s Commissioner.
Congratulations Nicola, we look forward to championing children's rights with you!
Statement:
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🇺🇳➡️🏴
It’s the most important thing Scotland can do to protect the rights of children and young people.
Now,
#UNCRCIncorporation
is becoming a reality.
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Ofgem warned of Scots-backed court action over today's price cap hike - important work by
@GoodLawProject
and others.
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✌️Bruce Adamson bids farewell as Commissioner today, leaving a lasting legacy of prioritising the voices & experiences of children and young people in all our work. Thank you to Bruce and the inspiring young rights defenders who served as his boss!
Read:
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As adults, it’s hard to find the words to say how important the UNCRC Incorporation Bill is.
So to mark its passage through
@ScotParl
,
@Bruce_Adamson
chose to let the words of children and young people speak for themselves 👇
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We recognise grade estimates needed moderation, but are disappointed that SQA’s process treats children as points on a bell curve instead of individuals. Estimations were made on a holistic basis but moderated based on exam performance. This has created unfairness for some yp 1/3
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Our Head of Strategy Máire leaves our office today after 16 years working with 3 different Commissioners.
As a fierce champion for a generation of children and young people she's played a huge part in making us what we are— we wish her every success for where she goes to next.
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After decades of campaigning by children, young people and adults, Stage 3 Debate of the
#UNCRCIncorporation
Bill will happen
@ScotParl
tomorrow— after which it stands to become Scots law.
Our Briefing:
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31 years ago today, the UNCRC came into being.
Now, a Bill to make it part of Scots law is before
@ScotParl
, promising to change the way adults understand children and young people's human rights.
We've lots to celebrate here in Scotland on
#WorldChildrensDay
!🎉
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We’re delighted that
@Gina_Wilson_
will be joining us in July as our new Head of Strategy, bringing over 15 years of experience in children’s rights issues:
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#UNCRCIncorporation
is the most important event for children’s rights in the 18-year history of the office.
To mark it, Scotland’s first Commissioner Professor Kathleen Marshall shares her thoughts on incorporation: “A new tool, bright, shining and wanting to be used” 🔧
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Here
@ScotParl
on this momentous day, when MSPs will debate and vote on passing legislation that will protect children in Scotland from all forms of violence, as is their human right.
#SPEqualProtection
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Olivia talking about gender inequality here with
@NicolaSturgeon
. Boys CAN wear pink and girls DO play football. Even more needs to be done so that we can get rid of gender stereotypes in 🏴
#WorldChildrensDay
#HumanRightsDefender
@FoxCovertRCPS
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People of all ages have been campaigning on it for so long, and now it’s finally happening: Children will have
#EqualProtection
from assault as adults under Scots law.
THANK YOU to everyone who made sure this could happen. We’re so glad this day has arrived.
#EqualProtectionSP
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Happy
#CareDay21
! Today’s a day of celebration of care experienced children and young people and the rights that all of you have.
Our website explains the special help and protection that those in care have the right to:
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First Minister commits: full and direct incorporation.
#7WordStory
🎈🎉
First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
: "Where possible and where we have the power we will incorporate the Convention fully and directly into Scots Law and we will do that by the end of this term of the Scottish Parliament."
#UNCRC30
#WorldChildrensDay
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Tonight on
@BBCScotland
,
#breadlinekids
tells the story of four families in Scotland who are finding it hard to make ends meet.
Growing up in poverty is the biggest human rights issue facing children in Scotland, and our website explains why:
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Want to make a huge difference to children's rights in Scotland? We’re looking for passionate 12-17 year olds to join our Young Advisors Group. Work with the Commissioner and her team and have loads of fun at the same time. More info & how to apply:
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We have long accepted the universal provision of the rights to education and healthcare.
Children’s right to food should be fulfilled as a necessary universal good in the same way.
We are clear:
@scotgov
should provide universal free school meals: 1/2
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Our office has created a FREE Symbols resource that helps children and young people participate!
It's useful if you work with children or young people who:
-are non-verbal
-have speech and language difficulties
-have additional support needs
Order it:
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Excited to be here
@ScotParl
with
#YoungHumanRightsDefenders
to celebrate a milestone in the history of the
#UNCRC
in 🏴!
#UNCRCScotland
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Happy
#GaelicTwitterDay
!
Gaelic speaking children and young people in Scotland have the right to use their own language and enjoy their own culture— and we've produced a
#Gaelic
simplified
#UNCRC
to help them understand their rights 👉
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Scotland’s age of criminal responsibility will rise to 12— the absolute minimum considered acceptable by the UN.
But Commissioner
@Bruce_Adamson
is clear the age needs to rise higher for Scotland to be the best country in the world to grow up in:
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On this day in 1989,
@UN
adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
33 yrs later, Scotland is yet to incorporate
#UNCRC
into law - the most important thing we can do to protect children’s rights.
On
#WorldChildrensDay
, we renew calls on
@scotgov
to make child rights real.
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After campaigning by
#HumanRightsDefenders
of all ages, the Children (
#EqualProtection
from Assault) Act has been enacted!
Our website lays out why previous legislation was untenable:
@together_sacr
@BarnardosScot
@children1st
@NSPCC_Scotland
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⏰MSPS have voted on
#UNCRCScotland
Bill!🏴🌟
"Children and young people have led the way in campaigning for UNCRC incorporation for decades, and we are so close to seeing their dream – and ours – become a reality."
Commissioner's statement:
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On
#TartanDay
we're celebrating that care experienced people have their own official
#tartan
, to help those who are or have been in care feel confident in claiming their identity. 🏴
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We welcome the announcement just now in today’s
@ScotGovFM
#COVID
-19 briefing that £10 million is being made available to support free school meals.
All children have the right to healthy and nutritious food― support like this is key to that human right being realised.
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The Commissioner welcomes
@scotgov
&
@scottishlabour
backing
@JohnFinnieHI
's bill to outlaw physical punishment of children in Scotland.
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Tomorrow the
#UNCRC
turns 30 years old: a Convention that proclaims children's status as human beings and rights holders; which changed the way children were viewed in international law.
One child wrote this
#7WordStory
to celebrate. What would your
#CRC30
story be?
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It's
#MotherLanguageDay
: a time to promote the right to speak and learn in your own language.
It's also a chance to reshare something wonderful. In 2019 we commissioned
@Lenniesaurus
to write a richts poyum fur bairns in Scots. Enjoy! 🌈🌍🏴
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📣14-16-year-olds can now apply to be part of our
#YoungAdvisers
group for 2019!
You'll be able to tell us what life's really like for young people in 🏴 today, making a real difference to how we promote and protect
#HumanRights
.
Learn more 👉
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It's
#UniversalChildrensDay
, when the world celebrates the rights of children and young people. It's the anniversary of the
#UNCRC
, which young people welcomed at the
#YPHRG
this weekend!
You can access the UNCRC in lots of ways on our website here 👉
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Child poverty is a human rights issue.
Accepting child poverty is a political choice.
Next month's budget must include immediate action to
#DoubleScotChildPayment
to help children now.
@_KateForbes
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Happy
#UniversalChildrensDay
! Today we celebrate the birth of the
#UNCRC
, the most rapidly & widely ratified human rights treaty in the 🌍. Scotland must incorporate it, within this session of Parliament, so that children’s human rights are better protected in our domestic law.
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"Poverty has a devastating effect on children’s ability to experience their rights. We cannot accept children going hungry, being cold, unable to learn & function as a normal part of our society."
Statement with
@nichildcom
&
@childcomwales
#ChildPoverty
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Doing the
#floss
is just one of the skills a Children and Young People's Commissioner has to have
@WallacewellPS
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Today marks one year since the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child warned of the grave physical and psychological effects of the pandemic on children and called on states to take a rights-based response, with a focus not just on public health, but on all human rights.
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🇺🇳➡️🏴
The UNCRC is being put into Scots law. But what does that mean, and how can it work best for children and young people in Scotland?
Our new blog explains why Scotland needs full and direct incorporation, and why we need it urgently:
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🇺🇳🏴WORK FOR CHILDREN'S HUMAN RIGHTS IN SCOTLAND🏴🇺🇳
We're looking for a Policy and Engagement Officer to be a fierce champion of human rights, working domestically and internationally to make things better for the children and young people of Scotland.
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We're delighted that
@ScotParl
has unanimously agreed to the general principles of the
#UNCRCIncorporation
(Scotland) Bill.
Incorporation's the most important thing we can do for the human rights of children and young people. Now, it's one step closer to becoming a reality.
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"A clear breach of children’s human rights"- Today the Children’s Commissioners of Scotland, Wales + Northern Ireland have published a letter we've sent to Sec. State for Work and Pensions calling for an end to the two-child limit.
More:
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#UNCRCIncorporation
will give children and young people more power to change things in Scotland 💪
Our website has lots of activities and resources that can help them think about how to make that new power real:
#UNCRCScotland
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What's your
#7WordStory
of children's human rights?
The
#UNCRC
turns 30 next week, and to celebrate we're asking people of all ages to tell us what the Convention means to them in seven words. Here's a
#7WordStory
from a pupil at
@FoxCovertRCPS
to start things off 🎉
#CRC30
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Everyone’s views should be heard at court— but we’re worried the Children (Scotland) Bill might be taken to mean under 12s don’t have a voice.
That’s why we told
@ScotParl
its wording needs to change so it's clear all children have the
#RightToBeHeard
:
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#SPEqualProtection
will become a reality for children in Scotland as
@ScotParl
votes to pass the bill removing the legal defence of reasonable chastisement. 🏴 will now become the first country in the UK to protect children from all forms of violence.
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The Commissioner today welcomed
@NicolaSturgeon
’s commitment to pass new legislation to fully protect the rights of children in Scotland by 2021. The FM has announced that the UNCRC will be fully incorporated into Scots Law by the end of this Parliament.
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Young people have consistently told us they haven't felt heard in discussions around their alternative assessments this year.
So we're dedicating our social channels to their voices before the education debate
@ScotParl
this afternoon.
#WheresOurSay
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As a parent or carer supporting children full time at home it can be hard to know where to find information & activities about children’s rights. Our Participation Officer, Cathy is making a series of short and fun animated activities to help support you:
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It’s interesting to hear
@ScotGovFM
commit to incorporating
#UNCRC
principles into Scots law.
Scotland needs full incorporation to keep its human rights promises to children and young people, and we’ll be watching to see how
@ScotGov
translates principles into action.
#ScotPfG
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Happy Birthday to us! We’re 18 today & have been promoting & protecting children’s rights for a whole childhood. Our celebrations started with an amazing visit to First Adventures Nursery where rights are at the heart of their work. Read more:
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I’m EJ, and I’m Katrina. We’re here at the United Nations. We’re going to be the youngest people ever to present evidence to the UN Committee against Torture.
#UNCAT
#CAT66
#HumanRightsDefenders
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Our revised Strategic Plan is being laid at the Scottish Parliament tomorrow by the Young Advisors who helped us create it!
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🏴On
#StAndrewsDay
Scotland can be proud that it's set to incorporate the UNCRC, putting the child rights convention into Scots law.
It's the most important thing we can do for children and young people. It's going to bring real change into their lives.
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We're excited to have the first meeting of our mental health group of
#YoungAdvisers
today 😎
Mental health is one of our key priorities + something young people consistently say they want us to focus on, so we're glad to have this new space to hear their views and experiences.
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🎉Celebrating today's launch of
@UNChildRights1
General Comment No.26, which focuses on the environment, children's rights, & governments' role in ensuring a sustainable future for future generations.👏 the 16,000 children who helped create it, including those in 🏴.
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We're pleased the reconsideration stage for the UNCRC Incorporation Bill has begun today. The Bill, although narrowed in scope in some ways, will still increase protections for children whose rights are most at risk. 1/2
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🏴🔜🇺🇳
The UNCRC is being incorporated into Scots law. But Scotland needs to incorporate all of it, and we need to do it soon.
Our position paper sets out four key messages that will underpin our response to
@scotgov
's incorporation consultation:
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Joint statement from Children's Commissioners for Scotland, Wales and NI on the
@GOVUK
's mini-budget which fails to immediate help children and families living in poverty.
@nichildcom
@childcomwales
#ChildPoverty
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@scottishgovernment
must amend the Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill in line with human rights standards. We must show that Scotland is an international leader in Children's Human Rights.
@ChildReporter
@whocaresscot
@together_sacr
@children1st
@CYCJScotland
@CHScotland
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Our colleague and friend
@HeatherBelmonte
leaves us today after 9½ years with our office. Over that time she's been amazingly supportive of the children, young people and adults who she's worked with— and we're sorry we're unable to see her off in person with a delicious cake 🎂
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@scotgov
#UNCRCScotland
Bill is the most important legislative step we could take to protect children's rights. Improved & unanimously passed by
@ScotParl
, it's vital that work continues to its implementation despite the challenge by
@GOVUK
on two specific areas of the Bill. 1/3
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This
#CareDay2023
we celebrate all care-experienced children and young people! The community is full of dedicated young rights defenders and because of your committed efforts towards
#ChallengingStigma
and prejudice, Scotland has made progress.
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🏴 On Saturday, Scotland becomes the next of many countries to enact legislation giving children equal protection from assault.
🇮🇪 Former Irish senator
@JillianvT
shares Ireland's experience of enactment back in 2015 👇
@together_sacr
@BarnardosScot
@children1st
@NSPCC_Scotland
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📣🏴YOUR VIEWS ON UNCRC INCORPORATION🏴📣
@ScotParl
wants to hear from children, young people and adults across Scotland about what you think about putting the UNCRC into Scots law.
Find their consultation here:
#UNCRCScotland
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After a legal challenge by
@UKgov
,
@UKSupremeCourt
has ruled aspects of the bill to incorporate children's rights into Scots law are outside the legislative competence of
@ScotParl
, although no dispute about its decision to incorporate UNCRC into Scots Law
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When children and young people go on
#ClimateStrike
today they’re acting as
#HumanRightsDefenders
. We need to stand up for them. We need to support their bravery.
Commissioner
@Bruce_Adamson
speaks ahead of the strike.
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On
#resultsday2018
remember that all young people should be surrounded by
#happiness
,
#love
and
#understanding
, and that none of these depend on the results you get.
Education's about developing your talents and abilities to their fullest, whatever those might be.
#ExamResults
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🥳 Young Advisor, Izzy and Bruce
@CYPCS
celebrating after MSPs
@ScotParl
voted for
@NicolaKillean
to become the new Children and Young People’s Commissioner.
We can’t wait for her to take up the job later this year. 🎉
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A lot of people have contacted us to say how happy they are to see
#UNCRCIncorporation
happen in Scotland, and we’ll be sharing their videos over the coming days.
First up, well-wishes from other Children’s Commissioners, inc.
@childcomwales
@nichildcomm
@OCO_Ireland
👇
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As a campaigner for invisible disabilities, 12-year-old
@warnock_grace
has already met the First Minister.
Now, she's one of
@TheEveningTimes
Scotswomen of the Year.
Her story reminds us we can all be
#HumanRightsDefenders
— no matter what age we are.
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When we were designing our office we asked children how they'd like to feel the moment they walked into it.
We've now put this response by our front door, so we're always reminded of the kind of space this office should be 🍃
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Our Young Advisers, Eilidh & Abigail worked together during lockdown to help unveil our new website. Thanks to all the children & young people who helped create this over the past year. It doesn't feel like a time to celebrate it but it's a time when you must know your rights.
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Yaas! The day has dawned: our annual Young People’s Human Rights Gathering is finally here. 😍 Excited, much?Three days with sixty young
#HumanRightsDefenders
standing up & demanding change with us. Big shout out to our young advisers who designed the amazing logo🔥
#YPHRG
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In the office today we're welcoming
@TheCareReview
and its view of the Scotland we need to create: a place where there's no difference between the lives of children in care and their peers, with human rights at the heart of making that happen.
#ThePromise
#KeepThePromise
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By acting as
#HumanRightsDefenders
, children and young people have helped make
#EqualProtection
a reality in Scotland. 🎉
Co-drafter of the
#UNCRC
and Former UN Special Representative Marta Santos Pais has written an open letter congratulating them:
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On
#SQAResults
day remember that all young people should be surrounded by
#happiness
,
#love
and
#understanding
, and that none of these depend on the results you get.
Education's about developing your talents and abilities to their fullest, whatever those might be.
#ExamResults
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The
@UKParliament
and
@scotparl
must challenge Illegal Migration Bill, warns Scotland's Children’s Commissioner.
Its enactment would place the UK in clear breach of its international law obligations under a range of human rights treaties.
Statement:
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Following tireless campaigning by organisations and our office's intervention, mothers & babies seeking asylum in Scotland have finally been moved from cramped & unsafe housing, that violated their human rights. Hear from one of the mums in our release:
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