Publication - Impact assessment
Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014: Part 1, Section 2 guidance
Guidance for public authorities about how they should fulfil the duties set out in Part 1 Section 2 (Duties of Public Authorities in relation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) ) 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