United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Strategic Implementation Board

Overview

The overall aim of the UNCRC Strategic Implementation Board is to provide strategic oversight of a comprehensive and joined-up programme to implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This will work to ensure children’s rights in Scotland are respected, protected and fulfilled.

The membership of the UNCRC Strategic Implementation Board will represent the views of both duty bearers and rights holders. It will also ensure that the implementation programme takes a rights-respecting approach, and that the wider governance structure established to oversee delivery of the programme supports proportionate, effective, balanced and transparent decision making. The Board will support links being made with other relevant activity across Scottish Government and beyond.

Related groups

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Implementation: Embedding in Public Services Group

Members

Brian Taylor/Ian Donaldson, Deputy Director Children’s Rights, Protection and Justice (Chair)

Jennifer Davidson, Executive Director, Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures

Charlotte Wilson, Chief Inspector Children’s and Young People’s regulatory services, Care Inspectorate

Professor Kay Tisdall, The Observatory of Children’s Human Rights in Scotland’

Laura Caven, Chief Officer, Children and Young People, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, (CoSLA)

Laura Pasternak, Policy and Participation Manager, Who Cares? Scotland, representing Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS)

Amy Woodhouse, Director, Parenting Across Scotland

Gina Wilson, Head of Strategy, Children and Young People's Commissioner's Scotland (CYPCS)

Juliet Harris, Director, Together

Lucinda Rivers or Rachel Fox, UNICEF UK

Jennifer Cannon or Caitlin Fitzgerald, Scottish Human Rights Commission

 

 

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