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Young Brexit Voices: It’s Our Future Too
Children and Young People's Panel on Europe
Report Theme: Rights Participation & Engagement
Year Evidence Completed: 2020
Size of Study: 11-30
Age range: 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
Incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Children and Young People Consultation
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Children in Scotland
Year Evidence Completed: 2019
Size of Study: 11-30
Age range: 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
Children in Scotland hosted a children’s rights discussion day with 20 children and young people from across Scotland.
Lead the Way
Scottish Youth Parliament Manifesto 2016-2021
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Scottish Youth Parliament
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 5000+
Location: Scotland-wide
The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) represents all of Scotland’s young people. Our vision for Scotland is of a nation that actively listens to and values the meaningful participation of its children and young people. Our goal is to make this vision a reality, in order to ensure Scotland is the best place in the world to grow up.
Our Digital Rights
How Scotland can realise the rights of children and young people in the digital world
Report Theme: Rights
Author: 5Rights Commission
Year Evidence Completed: 2017
Location: Scotland-wide
As a group that represents the views of young people in Scotland, the 5Rights Youth Commission is truly diverse. It is made up of 19 young people aged 14 to 21, from
across 12 different local authority areas in Scotland – covering areas from the central belt to Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, and Na h-Eileanan Siar. We also have a
wide diversity of backgrounds, experiences and abilities. While we all have a different take on the digital world, together we are devoted to making sure all children and
young people are empowered in the digital world by the same rights that we already enjoy offline.
Rights Are Rights
You can't pick and choose them.
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Article 12 in Scotland
Year Evidence Completed: 2018
Size of Study: 51-100
Location: Scotland-wide
Summary report of young people’s recommendations regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Committee’s Concluding Observations [2016] on the implementation of the convention in the United Kingdom.
State of Children’s Rights in Scotland
State of children's rights in Scotland by Together
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
Year Evidence Completed: 2017
Location: Scotland-wide
The 2017 Together report consists of a wide range of case studies illustrating how a rights-based approach can make a significant difference to children and young people’s lives and improve the quality and effectiveness of public services.
Young People’s Views on Physical Punishment
Summary findings from the Young People in Scotland Survey 2016
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
Location: Scotland-wide
This briefing provides a summary of findings from Ipsos MORI Scotland’s Young People in Scotland Survey 2016. The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland commissioned a series of questions including a section on young people’s views of physical punishment.
Promote. Protect. Defend.
A report on children and young people as human rights defenders in Scotland
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
Year Evidence Completed: 2019
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
This report was created with children human rights defenders in Scotland. The report outlines the action group’s recommendations for ways that the Scottish Government, Parliament and all public bodies can and should be supporting children and young people to defend human rights.
Listen To Us
A report on Brexit by the Children and Young People's Panel on Europe
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) Children in Scotland
Year Evidence Completed: 2018
Size of Study: 11-30
Age range: 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Edinburgh City Glasgow City Highland Orkney Islands West Lothian
This report is based on what the members of the Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe have discussed and the recommendations they have made about what children and young people feel is most important to them as we leave the EU.
Review of the Professional Standards
The experiences of children and young people
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Children in Scotland General Teaching Council for Scotland
Year Evidence Completed: 2018
Age range: 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Dumfries & Galloway Edinburgh City Fife Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Perth and Kinross Scottish Borders West Dunbartonshire
This 2018 report gathers the experiences of children and young people, applying a mixed methods approach to answer one research question with one sub component: What makes a good teacher?