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
Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Protecting and empowering children as human rights defenders
September 2018
The Commissioner’s written submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on children and young people as human rights defenders.
Children as Human Rights Defenders Toolkit
December 2019
We made this toolkit in partnership with Children’s Parliament. It’s a resource for adults all over the world who work with children and young people.
It explains the work we’ve done around child human rights defenders and contains practical activities that will let you carry out a project of your own.
UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (Child Friendly Version)
April 2019
The Declaration on Human Rights Defenders applies to everyone who promotes and protects human rights, but it’s not written in language everyone can understand. This is a simplified version that’s intended to make it clearer.
Promote, Protect, Defend: A report on children and young people as human rights defenders in Scotland
April 2019
We worked with an Action Group of young human rights defenders to create a list of eight recommendations for adults in power in Scotland, which set out how child human rights defenders can be better supported.