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UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 - part 2: statutory guidance
Guidance providing accessible information which supports public authorities to understand and fulfil their duties under section 6 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Act, and to secure better or further effect of children’s rights.
Annex B List of links
1. Introduction
2.1 Children’s rights are human rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Nine core international human rights instruments
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
- Charter of the United Nations
2.2 International human rights – UK context
- Human Rights Act 1998
- European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- Recommendations of the National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership
- Public Consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland
2.3 Incorporation history in Scotland
2.4 Meaning of the ‘UNCRC requirements’
- Schedule of the UNCRC Act
- • Copy of the UNCRC treaty text, which indicates which sections have been removed for the UNCRC requirements included in the Act
3.1 Introduction to Part 2 and overview of guidance
3.2.2 Definition of functions of a public nature
3.3 Explanation of the duties on public authorities in Part 2, section 6
Contact
Email: uncrcincorporation@gov.scot