Children's Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment guidance
Guidance on how to complete a Children's Rights and Wellbeing Screening Sheet and Impact Assessment (CRWIA). Includes links to useful resources for gathering evidence, involving children and young people in the development of your policy/measure and ensuring decisions are necessary and proportionate.
Why do a CRWIA?
Article 4 of the UNCRC requires governments
'to undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognised in the UNCRC'.
CRWIAs are one of the general measures of implementation under the Convention. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends that all levels of government - national, regional and local – should complete a CR[W]IA as part of their policy development.
Contact
Email: CRWIA@gov.scot
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