October 2021. If you are under 18 in custody, you still have human rights. No matter what you have done or who you are, you have the right to be
Meeting minutes: Governance Group, May 2021
May 2021. Meeting minutes from the Commissioner’s Governance Group.
Meeting minutes: Senior Management Team, August 2021
August 2021. Meeting minutes from the Commissioner’s Senior Management Team.
Meeting Minutes: Senior Management Team, July 2021
July 2021. Meeting minutes from the Commissioner’s Senior Management Team.
Submission to United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
We welcome the opportunity to respond to the High Commissioner’s call for inputs to the report on good practices and challenges faced by States in using the Guidelines on the Effective Implementation of the Right to Participate in Public Affairs (the Guidelines).
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.
Commissioner’s speech to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion: Access to Justice and accountability for children and young people in alternative care, their families, and adults who grew up in care
Commissioner’s speech to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care: Access to Justice and accountability for children and young people in alternative care, their families, and adults who grew up in care
Second Briefing to Police Scotland Independent Advisory Group
July 2021. Our office’s second briefing to Police Scotland’s Independent Advisory Group on emergency coronavirus powers.
The briefing focuses on the impact of these powers on the human rights of children and young people in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the pandemic has starkly highlighted ways in which Scots law is not compatible with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Submission to United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests during crisis situations
July 2021. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Special Rapporteur’s call for inputs on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests during crisis situations. This submission focuses on the challenges faced by children and young people to enjoy these rights in Scotland.
Scot Youth and Covid 2: Young People’s Participation Through Crisis
July 2021. The Commissioner’s office supported A Place in Childhood (APiC) to work with 25 Young Consultants, exploring their views and experiences of the second lockdown.
This report collects APiC’s findings and highlights the Young Consultants’ 34 Asks to the Scottish Government for meaningful change around Covid.