Publication - Impact assessment
Guidance on Part 1, Section 2 (Duties of Public Authorities in relation to the UNCRC) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
Guidance for public authorities about how they should fulfil the duties set out in Part 1 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
Appendix 6: Further Information
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx - United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child - Concluding Observations 2016
- United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (2003)
General Comment No. 3 (2003) General measures of implementation of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (art. 4, 42 and 44, para 6) - United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (2009) General comment No. 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/AdvanceVersions/CRC-C-GC-12.pdf - United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (2013) General comment No.14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration
http://www2.ohchr.org/English/bodies/crc/docs/GC/CRC_C_GC_14_ENG.pdf - UNICEF Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (3rd edition)
http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_43110.html
Scottish Government information and publications
- CRWIA for Part 1, undertaken by an independent consultant.
- Children's Rights
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/families/rights - The Fifth UK Government Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Scottish Government Submission
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0042/00426765.pdf - UK Government Periodic Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2014)
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2fC%2fGBR%2f5&Lang=en - Do the Right Thing - a progress report on the Scottish Government's response to the 2008 Concluding Observations from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2012/05/3593 - Scottish Government (June 2015), When and how to best use the Child Rights Wellbeing Impact Assessment
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/families/rights/child-rights-wellbeing-impact-assessment - Scottish Government (September 2015) Children's Rights Legislation in Scotland: A Quick Reference Guide
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/families/rights/child-rights-wellbeing-impact-assessment - Children and Young People (Scotland) 2014 Act
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/legislation/proposed-bill - Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC)
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright - Wellbeing Indicators
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright/wellbeing - Common Core of Skills, Knowledge and Understanding and Values for the "Children's Workforce" in Scotland
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2012/06/5565 - Elsley, S, Tisdall E.K.M., & Davidson, E. (2013) Children and Young People's Experiences of, and views on issues relating to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, The Scottish Government
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0042/00427287.pdf - Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (2015) Disabled Children and Young People's Views on Children's Rights in Scotland, Scottish Government
http://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/children-and-young-people/getting-to-know-girfec/ - Roshni (2015) Minority Ethnic Children and Young People's Views on Children's Rights in Scotland, Scottish Government
http://roshni.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/UNCRC-Report-Final.pdf
Resources
- Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland
http://www.cypcs.org.uk/publications - 7 Golden Rules for Participation
http://www.cypcs.org.uk/education/golden-rules - Education Scotland (2015), Recognising and Realising Children's Rights
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/r/childrensrightsresource.asp - Scottish Health Council, The Participation Toolkit (2014)
http://www.scottishhealthcouncil.org/toolkit.aspx - Scottish Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Approach (PANEL) (2016)
http://www.scottishhumanrights.com/in-practice/human-rights-based-approach/
- Together (2016) The State of Children's Rights in Scotland 2016
http://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/pdfs/TogetherReport2016.pdf - UNICEF, Child Rights Partners
http://www.unicef.org.uk/child-rights-partners
Scottish organisations that can provide additional support:
Contact
Email: Gita.Sharkey@gov.scot
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