Commissioner’s letter to Cabinet Secretary requesting that children and young people from the 2020 cohort who remain disadvantaged by decisions made by the SQA the Scottish Government, to appeal directly
Letter from Police Scotland: Human Rights and COP-26
Letter from ACC Bernard Higgins, Police Scotland, Gold Commander for COP-26, outlining Police Scotland’s commitment to and provision for ensuring that children’s human rights are protected during peaceful protests at
Letter to Police Scotland: Human Rights and COP-26
Commissioner’s letter to ACC Bernard Higgins, Police Scotland, Gold Commander for COP-26 urging that children and young people’s human rights be respected, protected and fulfilled in the policing of peaceful protests
Letter to Education Directors: Supporting Climate Strike
Commissioner’s letter to Education Directors urging support for schoolchildren participating in global climate strike on Friday 24 September 2021.
Joint Letter: Call on the UK government to end armed forces recruitment of children
June 2021. Currently, the UK Army recruits more soldiers at 16 than any other age. In this joint letter coordinated by CRIN, 20 prominent human rights voices call for an end to the UK government’s practice of recruiting those under 18.
Read a mobile-friendly version of the letter on CRIN’s website.
Children’s Commissioners for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales: Letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
May 2021. Letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from the Children’s Commissioners of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, calling for an end to the two-child limit on Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Letter to Mears Group: Rights concerns around Mother and Baby Unit
May 2021.
Letter from Commissioner Bruce Adamson raising concerns that a mother and baby unit is unsuitable for children and is potentially discriminatory.
UK Commissioners’ Letter to Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
January 2021. Letter from UK Children’s Commissioners urging the JCVI to include teachers and teaching staff in vaccination priority lists.
Right to Education and School Closures
December 2020.The Commissioner wrote to John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 22 December 2020, outlining the support children will need to ensure their rights are realised while schools are closed to most children.