🔦This week the spotlight has been shining on our member Winning Scotland
A focus on upholding children's rights in Scotland through their focus on wellbeing, health and prevention🧡 #UNCRCScotland Planet Youth in Scotland
Read their spotlight for further info: bit.ly/3yoPMmT
Great day yesterday with Aberlour Children's Charity Rights & Participation Network discussing, learning and celebrating all things participation and children’s rights ahead of #UNCRCScotland day on July 16th. 😀
📣BREAKING NEWS
Together, along with our members, have published a response to the #UNCRCScotland Act consultation draft guidance - Parts 2 & 3
View our response via our website under 'Consultation Responses': bit.ly/4dROn8r
⏰Time flies when you are thinking about the implementation of the #UNCRCScotland ACT!
🎉Only 8 weeks to go until provisions are in force
🧡What are your hopes for the future of children's rights?
Get involved with us: togetherscotland.org.uk/membership/
I’m hugely proud of all of the #HumanRightsDefenders who have campaigned for #UNCRCScotland
It has been a bumpy road, but today’s unanimous decision of Scottish Parliament gives us an amazing foundation to build from.
💡ICYMI:
Yesterday, we announced latest Membership Spotlight which is Winning Scotland
A focus on upholding children's rights in Scotland through their focus on wellbeing, health & prevention 🧡 Planet Youth in Scotland #UNCRCScotland
View here: bit.ly/3yoPMmT
A historic day for Scotland! The #UNCRCScotland Bill has been voted on by Scottish Parliament MSPs to incorporation of children's rights into law. A fantastic result for so many young people, groups and youth work organisations across Scotland.
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🏴 I was so pleased to see the incorporation of the #UNCRCScotland into Scots law passed yesterday in Parliament - making Scotland the first devolved nation to do so.
❤️ The Bill will ensure that children’s rights are at the heart of how we fund, design and deliver policy.
We're celebrating today as Royal Assent has been granted for the #UNCRCScotland Bill!
Read the legislation here 👇legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/1/pdf…
#moreplayplease #playeveryday #playmatters #childrensrightsscotland
Royal Assent granted today 🖋️
The Bill has become an Act #UNCRCScotland
(most powers come into force 6months from today).
legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/1/pdf…
Feeling my age - I was part of the SYP cohort who chose the UNCRC campaign back when I was 16! Absolutely mental to now be studying my LLM in International Human Rights Law 😭
18yo Sarah (see below) would be so excited to see we finally reached this point! #UNCRCScotland
#UNCRCScotland has received Royal Assent and is now officially the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024!
The substantive parts come into force 6 months from today (unless Scottish Government commences early)
legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/1/pdf…
Disappointed to not be with everyone watching the #UNCRCScotland reconsideration debate today
Really glad that we are finally at this stage after a veryyy long and difficult journey 🎉
Sending love from London- repping my #RightHereRightNow and Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland merch! 💜
Excited to bring up this little one in a 🏴 with stronger children's rights in law! Congrats to Scottish Parliament for passing this historic legislation and to Juliet Harris 🧡 Together 🧡 Scottish Youth Parliament + countless CYP + others who made this happen #UNCRCScotland Nicola Sturgeon #SYPrights 🥰🎆
Unanimous support for the #UNCRCScotland Bill!
What an amazing achievement for all the campaigners, youth workers, charities, organisations and of course young people who have been calling for incorporation for so long! 🙌
The UNCRC Incorporation Bill just passed in the Scottish Parliament - enshrining children’s rights into Scottish law.
Our Wee Bike Library project allows families to access kids bikes for free - championing article 31, the right to play and rest!
#UNCRCScotland
Earlier this week, our Young Advisors met to discuss their views on the reconsideration stage of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill to help inform Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Committee.
Here’s a clip of them commenting on what should happen when the Bill passes. #UNCRCScotland
Just casually rocking my Scottish Youth Parliament Right Here Right Now shirt while listening to the debate (with my cat Tiger).
I am truly emotional hearing so many MSPs from different parties standing together to make #UNCRCScotland Bill happen for children and young people.
It was so wonderful to be able to see the #UNCRCScotland Bill pass unanimously in Parliament this afternoon to end a year in which I have spent a lot of time campaigning for incorporation alongside some truly incredible human rights defenders as part of #TeamScotlandUN
