Children's rights working group
Overview
The Working Group was convened in June 2019 to inform the development of a model that incorporates the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law in Scotland.
The Group considered the policy, practice and legislative implications of UNCRC incorporation, using the Scottish Government’s consultation document, 'Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law consultation' as a key framework for its work.
See the Group's Terms of Reference
The Group met eight times from 25 June 2019 to 24 February 2020. The Group’s Summary Report, published in July 2020, is attached below. The Report includes the minutes of meetings and summaries of workshop discussions. The views described in the Report and its Annexes are the opinions and discussions of members of the Working Group, as expressed during the meetings of the Group.
Members
|
Member |
Organisation |
Perspective |
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Michael Chalmers |
Scottish Government |
Director, Children & Families, Chair |
|
Mairi Macpherson |
Scottish Government |
Deputy Director, Creating Positive Futures, Chair |
|
Dr Katie Boyle |
Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, University of Stirling |
Individual, academic |
|
Lynda Brabender QC |
Westwater Advocates |
Individual, legal |
|
Michael Clancy OBE |
Director, Law Reform, The Law Society of Scotland |
Representative, legal |
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Nicola Dickie |
Chief Officer, Children and Young People, COSLA |
Representative, local government |
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David Duncan |
Chief Superintendent, Head of Safer Communities, Police Scotland |
Representative, policing |
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Juliet Harris |
Director, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) |
Representative, 3rd sector |
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Dr Kenneth Meechan |
Chair of FOI, Data Protection & Human Rights, Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators in Scotland (SOLAR) |
Representative, legal / local government |
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Dragan Nastic |
Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, UNICEF |
Representative, UNICEF |
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Prof Aoife Nolan |
Professor of International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham |
Individual, academic |
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Laura Pasternak |
Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Scottish Youth Parliament |
Representative, children and young people
|
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Lucinda Rivers |
Head of UNICEF UK in Scotland |
Representative, UNICEF |
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Douglas Ross QC |
Ampersand Advocates |
Individual, legal |
|
Hannah Ross |
Policy Assistant, COSLA |
Representative, local government |
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Norma Shippin |
Director, Central Legal Office and Legal Adviser, NHS |
Representative, health |
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Clare Simpson |
Manager, Parenting Across Scotland |
Representative, third sector, children and families |
|
Suki Wan |
Scottish Youth Parliament |
Representative, young person |
Documents
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - incorporation into domestic law in Scotland: summary report - easy read
- Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Domestic Law in Scotland Working Group: summary report
- Incorporation of UNCRC: discussion paper by Dr Katie Boyle and Professor Aoife Nolan
- Incorporating the UNCRC into Scots Law: discussion paper by Dr Kenneth Meechan
- Incorporation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scottish Law
- Incorporating the UNCRC into Scots Law: Iceland study trip – summary note