The Commissioner’s office undertook a children’s rights impact assessment (CRIA) which considers how the UK Government’s proposals might affect the rights of children and young people, both positively and negatively. The CRIA considered the international rights framework and current published evidence. The office also worked with their Young Advisors – a group of children aged 12-17 from all over Scotland – to inform their response.
Results for Child Rights Impact Assessments
Ecocide Rapid Impact Activity
In October 2025 we visited Calderwood Primary in Rutherglen to discuss the children’s rights implications of the proposed Ecocide (Scotland) Bill.
‘Listen, engage have fun’: Guide on involving children in child rights impact assessment (CRIA) and child rights impact evaluation (CRIE).
‘Listen, engage, have fun’ is a user-friendly guide to involving children in child rights impact assessment (CRIA) and child rights impact evaluation (CRIE).
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland
July 2020. This independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment is a thorough analysis of how emergency laws and policies around the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the human rights of children and young people in Scotland.
Undertaken by the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland, it is the biggest Children’s Rights Impact Assessment in the world that’s been done on laws and policies passed in response to COVID-19.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 1
July 2020. Physical health. Appendix 1 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on the physical health of children and young people.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 2
July 2020. Mental health. Appendix 2 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on the mental health of children and young people.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 3
July 2020. Education. Appendix 3 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on children and young people’s education.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 4
July 2020. Poverty, food and digital access. Appendix 4 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on children and young people’s experiences of poverty, access to the internet and access to food, particularly free school meals.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 5
July 2020. Rest and leisure. Appendix 5 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on children and young people’s ability to rest and access to leisure, recreation and cultural activities.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 6
July 2020. Child Protection, Children’s Hearings and Care. Appendix 6 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on the child protection system.