{"id":444,"date":"2021-10-08T15:05:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/overlee\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2021-10-13T11:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T10:36:42","slug":"our-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/overlee\/our-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have your say the ‘Right’ way <\/strong><\/p>\n

The rights of children and young people are laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The UNCRC ensures that children and young people grow up healthy and safe and that their views are taken into considerations in decisions that affect them.<\/p>\n

In these pages, you can find information on the UNCRC and other mechanisms that provide rights protections for children, as well as how children’s rights are being progressed in Scotland. <\/p>\n

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\nProgramme for Government 2020-21<\/strong>
\nThe Programme for Government 2020-21 focuses on COVID-19 recovery and includes a range of commitments relevant to children and young people\u2019s human rights.<\/p>\n

The commitments include that Scottish Government will:<\/p>\n

Introduce the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill: the First Minister announced that the Bill would be \u201cshortly introduced\u201d and will fully and directly incorporate the UNCRC, to the maximum extent of the Scottish Parliament\u2019s powers, within the current parliamentary term. It will place a statutory duty on Scottish Ministers and public authorities not to act incompatibly with the UNCRC and give powers of redress to children, young people and their representatives.
\nRoll out a new Child Winter Heating Assistance programme
\nKeep \u201cthe Promise\u201d with care experienced children and young people.
\nEstablish community health and wellbeing services that will support children, young people and their families
\nPromote equality and tackle the attainment gap: including improving digital connectivity through the provision of 25\u2019000 chrome books, \u00a3135million additional investment including funding to recruit 1400 additional teachers and 2000 support staff to help close the poverty related attainment gap.
\nConduct a review of exams and qualifications: to learn lessons from this year\u2019s SQA moderation and results.
\nThe Programme also addresses previously made commitments which were delayed due to COVID-19. These include:<\/p>\n

Scottish Child Payment: applications will open in November 2020, with payments beginning from the end of February 2021.
\nEarly learning and childcare expansion: all three and four year olds and eligible two-year-olds will be able to access 1\u2019140 hours of childcare by the end of 2020 (the previous target was by August 2020).<\/p>\n

As part of Children in Scotland\u2019s 25th Anniversary \u201825 Calls\u2019, Together has launched a call to action along with Children\u2019s Parliament to make Scotland \u201ca nation of Unfearties<\/p>\n

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What is an Unfeartie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfearties<\/strong> are people who are courageous in discussing children\u2019s issues, make a difference in children\u2019s lives and speak up for them so that children growing up in Scotland are healthy, happy and safe. Anyone with an interest in children\u2019s rights is invited to become an Unfeartie adhering to six basic principles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Listen to children and view them as capable assets to their community<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Strive to ensure children\u2019s voices are heard and challenge infringements of human dignity<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Help children and adults learn the values of honesty, empathy, respect and social justice<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Promote greater awareness and understanding of children\u2019s rights<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Support children who want to become children\u2019s human rights defenders<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Speak up about the Unfeartie role and spread the message about how to join our movement<\/p>\n

As highlighted by Rona Blackwood and Chelsea Stinson from Children\u2019s Parliament in the call to action, \u201cmany adults \u2013 from community workers and school bus drivers through to police officers and politicians \u2013 are Unfearties in practice and take every step they can to uphold children\u2019s rights\u201d. Juliet Harris, Together\u2019s Director, reemphasised the need for full incorporation of children\u2019s rights as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law to make children\u2019s rights binding and not guiding. <\/p>\n

Read the full \u2018call to action\u2019 here.<\/a>
\nLearn more and become an Unfeartie here.<\/p>\n

A further 24 calls are being launched during October including those from Together\u2019s members, the Children and Young People\u2019s Commissioner Scotland, respect me and Starcatchers. All 25 calls to action are featured in the Children in Scotland\u2019s October-November 2018 edition of their bi-monthly magazine. Together provided editorial support to this special anniversary edition to highlight how each call to action is underpinned by specific articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.<\/p>\n

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